Secretory granules in rat submandibular acinar cells during experimental Chagas disease.
The fine structure of rat submandibular glands has been compared in control and infected-rats with Y strain of Trypanosoma cruzi at day 18 of infection. In the acinar cells of the infected rats the secretory granules exhibit a variety of morphological types suggesting and early form of secretion product or a new secretory protein.
Alves
J B
JB
Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006984:Hypertrophy; D051381:Rats; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000032:analysis; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000473:pathology*
D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides