Evaluation of endocytic capacity and NADPH-oxidase activity from armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) eosinophils infected with microfilariae.
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.
López-Hurtado
Marcela
M
Laboratorio de Bioinmunología Molecular del Departamento de Infectología del Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Montes Urales 800, México, DF, Mexico. diaclaro2000@yahoo.com.mx
Arteaga-Troncoso
Gabriel
G
Escobedo-Guerra
Marcos R
MR
Guerra-Infante
Fernando M
FM
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
D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium; D019255:NADPH Oxidases