Delayed expulsion of adult Trichinella spiralis by mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice.
Mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice and their mast cell-sufficient littermates were given infections of Trichinella spiralis. W/Wv mice were slower than their littermates to expel adult T. spiralis. Repair of the mast cell deficiency of W/Wv mice by bone marrow grafting was accompanied by accelerated expulsion of T. spiralis.
D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D014234:Trichinella / Q000502:physiology*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology