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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
Inflammatory cell types and their interrelationships were studied in hepatic schistosome egg granulomas by correlated light and electron microscopy in thymus-intact and athymic mice. Intact animals developed large granulomas composed of phagocytes, stimulated macrophages, epithelioid cells, eosinophils and mast cells. The lesions peaked in size between 10--14 weeks after infection and tended to heal after 16 weeks. In athymic mice only phagocytes, stimulated macrophages and possible epithelioid cells appeared in the granulomas which were much smaller and less well organised than in intact mice. Virtually no eosinophils or mast cells entered the granulomas. These findings support the idea that development of granulomatous inflammation per se is not determined by CMI, but T cell co-operation seems to be required for its full expression in schistosomiasis. Since CMI closely regulates ingress of eosinophils and mast cells into the granuloma, the nature of T cell co-operation probably occurs at several levels in this complex infectious granuloma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Granulomatous inflammation in normal and athymic mice infected with schistosoma mansoni: an ultrastructural study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.