Fasciola hepatica: antibody coating of juvenile flukes in the intestinal lumen of resistant rats.
Newly excysted juvenile Fasciola hepatica, when placed in isolated loops of intestine prepared in previously infected rats, acquired a surface covering of rat immunoglobulin. IgG, IgA, IgE and IgM were all involved. This immunoglobulin coating was sloughed off when the flukes were maintained in vitro for three hours.
D000818:Animals; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000276:immunology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000469:parasitology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000276:immunology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000276:immunology*
D007136:Immunoglobulins