Article
Induction of macrophage activation and opsonizing antibodies by Trypanosoma cruzi subpopulations.
Parasite immunology - 1 Mar 1992
Celentano A M, González Cappa S M
Abstract excerpt
Macrophage activation and production of opsonizing antibodies were studied in mice either infected with a lethal and reticulotropic Trypanosoma cruzi strain, RA, or with a non lethal and myotropic strain, CA-I, as well as with a clone, K98 (derived from CA-I), similar to the parental strain. Measurement of macrophage respiratory burst by chemiluminescence disclosed that T. cruzi infection induced an enhancement...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan
- Chagas Disease
- Disease Models, Animal
- Macrophage Activation
- Macrophages
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Opsonin Proteins
- Phenotype
- Respiratory Burst
