title: Two hemocyte populations in Triatoma infestans: ultrastructural and lectin-binding characterization.
abstract: Two distinct hemocyte populations are determined in the hemolymph of the triatomine bug Triatoma infestans Klug, oenocytoids and plasmatocytes, and their independent origin from separate stem cells is shown. Both hemocyte populations differ considerably in their morphology, ultrastructure and lectin-binding properties. While oenocytoids are quite uniform with easily definable cells which do not to bind any assayed lectin, the plasmatocytes are a very polymorphic population possessing several morphological types and displaying a positive reactivity with lectins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budĕjovice, Czech Republic. vacatko@paru.cas.cz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hypsa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grubhoffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D014224:Triatoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins