title: Evaluation of endocytic capacity and NADPH-oxidase activity from armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) eosinophils infected with microfilariae.
abstract: Endocytic activity of phagocytic cells from armadillos infected with viruses, parasites or bacteria is unknown. This report shows that eosinophils from armadillos infected with microfilaria act against these helmintic parasites but have deficiencies in their oxygen-dependent bacteriocidal mechanisms and also in endocytic capacity against yeast.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Bioinmunología Molecular del Departamento de Infectología del Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Montes Urales 800, México, DF, Mexico. diaclaro2000@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López-Hurtado
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arteaga-Troncoso
authors.forename: Marcos R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Escobedo-Guerra
authors.forename: Fernando M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Guerra-Infante
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001135:Armadillos / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D004705:Endocytosis; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000097:blood*; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium
chemical_list: D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D019255:NADPH Oxidases