Immunophysiology of enteric parasitism.
Capron and Dessaint have described the relationship between parasites and their hosts in terms of 'cell sociology'. In this review Gilbert Castro discusses the 'sociological' aspects of functional associations among cells comprising the hollow organs of the gastrointestinal tract and the influence on them of enteric parasitism, and shows how such cells and tissues work in an integrated fashion to help the whole organism to maintain homeostasis under the stress of parasitic invasion.
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Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical School, PO Box 20708, Houston, TX 77225, USA.