Glycogen pattern in natural and alternate hosts infected with Litomosoides carinii.
Litomosoides carinii infection causes a decrease in liver glycogen levels in the albino rat, an alternate host, but not in its natural host, the cotton-rat. In the albino rat the primary infection is rejected by about 120 days after infection whereas in the cotton-rat rejection does not occur. Consequently, the drop in hepatic glycogen levels in the albino rat has some correlation with the immune status of the host.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000032:analysis*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000032:analysis; D008842:Microfilariae; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
D008112:Liver Glycogen; D006003:Glycogen