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Arq. neuropsiquiatr ; 66(2b): 378-384, jun. 2008. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-486195

ABSTRACT

The ethidium bromide-demyelinating model (EB) was used to study remyelination in the brainstem under the use of cyclosporine (CsA). Wistar rats were submitted to intracisternal injection of 0.1 percent EB or 0.9 percent saline solution, and others were taken as histologic controls (group I). Within those injected with EB, some have not received immunosuppressive treatment (II); some were treated by intraperitonial route with CsA (III.E - 10 mg/kg/day). Rats from group III.C were injected with saline solution and treated with CsA. The animals were perfused from 15 to 31 days post-injection collecting brainstem sections for light and transmission electron microscopy studies. After EB injection it was noted the presence of macrophages and non-degraded myelin debris, demyelinated axons, oligodendrocyte or Schwann cell remyelinated axons, groups of infiltrating pial cells, hypertrophic astrocytes and few lymphocytes. Tissue repair of EB-induced lesions in group III.E was similar to that of group II, but with the presence of a higher density of oligodendrocytes near remyelinating areas.


Empregou-se o modelo desmielinizante do brometo de etídio (BE) com o objetivo de estudar a remielinização no tronco encefálico frente ao uso de ciclosporina (CsA). Foram utilizados ratos Wistar, submetidos à injeção de BE a 0,1 por cento ou de solução salina na cisterna pontina, assim como controles histológicos (grupo I). Dos animais injetados com BE, alguns não receberam tratamento imunossupressor (II); outros foram tratados por via intraperitoneal com CsA (III.E - 10 mg/kg/dia). O grupo III.C incluiu animais injetados com salina e tratados com CsA. Os animais foram perfundidos dos 15 aos 31 dias pós-injeção, com colheita de material do tronco encefálico para estudos de microscopia de luz e eletrônica de transmissão. Após injeção de BE, foram observados macrófagos e restos de mielina não-degradada, axônios desmielinizados ou remielinizados por oligodendrócitos e por células de Schwann, grupos de células piais infiltrantes, astrócitos hipertróficos e poucos linfócitos. O processo de reparo das lesões no grupo III.E apresentou-se similar ao do grupo II, porém com maior densidade de oligodendrócitos próximos às áreas de remielinização.


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Rats , Brain Stem/drug effects , Cyclosporine/therapeutic use , Demyelinating Diseases/pathology , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Neuroglia/ultrastructure , Brain Stem/cytology , Brain Stem/physiology , Brain Stem/ultrastructure , Disease Models, Animal , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical , Demyelinating Diseases/chemically induced , Demyelinating Diseases/drug therapy , Demyelinating Diseases/physiopathology , Ethidium , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Macrophages/drug effects , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Myelin Sheath/drug effects , Myelin Sheath/physiology , Neuroglia/drug effects , Neuroglia/physiology , Oligodendroglia/drug effects , Oligodendroglia/ultrastructure , Rats, Wistar , Schwann Cells/drug effects , Schwann Cells/ultrastructure
2.
Saudi Medical Journal. 2005; 26 (3): 385-89
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-74843

ABSTRACT

Tonsils [palatine and nasopharyngeal] are immunologically active tissues. Due to their anatomical location, they are considered to be the initial defense barrier against the antigens entering into the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract. Tonsils act against these antigens by producing and activating the lymphocytes, which are responsible for the immune response. In order to get information regarding the distribution of cell surface antigens on the epithelial, stromal and lymphoid cells of these organs, we performed immunohistochemical staining by using antibodies against CD99, CD71 and CD98 activation antigens. Tissue samples of 20 patients undergoing tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy who presented with recurrent tonsillitis and adenoid hypertrophy in the Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty Hospital, Ankara, Turkey in 2001, were obtained as partial tissue samples apart from pathological examination. Tissues were immunostained by the indirect immunoperoxidase method. Strong CD71 reactivity in macrophages was observed as an indicator of the active role of the macrophages in immunoresponse in the chronic inflammation reaction. The CD98 reactivity on the proliferative basal layer of epithelium was a usual finding, as its detection in epithelial neoplasms and proliferative states is well known. We did not observe any reactivity of CD98 in nasopharyngeal tonsil epithelium and lymphoid cells of either nasopharyngeal or palatine tonsils. The CD99 reactivity was observed in the T-cell dependent area. We determined some topographic difference in the expression of some activation antigens in the epithelial, stromal and lymphoid components of the palatine and nasopharyngeal tonsils. Further detailed studies directed to determine the role of these antigens in tonsils would help to understand the role of these molecules in inflammatory events


Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Palatine Tonsil/immunology , Tonsillitis/immunology , Tonsillitis/pathology , Antigens, CD/immunology , Macrophages/immunology , Macrophages/ultrastructure , T-Lymphocytes/immunology , Tonsillectomy , Immunohistochemistry , Fusion Regulatory Protein-1
3.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 94(suppl.1): 143-7, Sept. 1999. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-245606

ABSTRACT

Epimastigote and trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi attach to the macrophage surface and are internalized with the formation of a membrane bounded vacuole, known as the parasitophorous vacuole (PV). In order to determine if components of the host cell membrane are internalized during formation of the PV we labeled the macrophage surface with fluorescent probes for proteins, lipids and sialic acid residues and then allowed the labeled cells to interact with the parasites. The interaction process was interrupted after 1 hr at 37§C and the distribution of the probes analyzed by confocal laser scanning microscopy. During attachment of the parasites to the macrophage surface an intense labeling of the attachment regions was observed. Subsequently labeling of the membrane lining the parasitophorous vacuole containing epimastigote and trypomastigote forms was seen. Labeling was not uniform, with regions of intense and light or no labeling. The results obtained show that host cell membrane lipids, proteins and sialoglycoconjugates contribute to the formation of the membrane lining the PV containing epimastigote and trypomastigote T. cruzi forms. Lysosomes of the host cell may participate in the process of PV membrane formation.


Subject(s)
Animals , Chagas Disease , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Membrane Lipids , Membrane Proteins , Plasma Cells , Trypanosoma cruzi/cytology , Cell Membrane , Host-Parasite Interactions , Macrophages/parasitology , Trypanosoma cruzi/physiology , Vacuoles
4.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 1998; 28 (1): 169-81
in English | IMEMR | ID: emr-48282

ABSTRACT

The present work dealt with the structural analysis of Schistosoma mansoni granuloma and the visualization of cellular interaction at an ultrastructural level in the acute [8 weeks] and chronic [20 weeks] stages of infection, for more detailed understanding of pathophysiology of the disease. Although S. mansoni granuloma is mediated by T-lymphocytes, yet in this work, the macrophage cells and not the lymphocytes represented the main cell type in cellular and fibrocellular granulomas. The cellular and fibrocellular granulomas detected in the acute stage of infection elicited no difference in cellular constituent to those of the chronic stage, respectively. Macrophage cells and fibrocytes were the only cell type detected in fibrotic granuloma. The monocytes may be considered the first cell, reaching the site of the trapped egg as they formed the first row of cells around the egg. The cellular infiltrate forming the granuloma, monocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes, eosinophils, fibroblasts and plasma cells, revealed direct contact or adherence between them and even between the individual cell type, through extending protrusion from the cell membrane of adjacent cells. They constituted an integrated network, which encircled the egg. Similar adhesion between inflammatory cells in the blood vessels and between the inflammatory cells and the endothelial cells were displayed


Subject(s)
Animals, Laboratory , Schistosomiasis mansoni/physiopathology , Schistosoma mansoni , Cell Adhesion Molecules/ultrastructure , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Mice
7.
Rev. Inst. Nac. Enfermedades Respir ; 7(1): 24-8, ene.-mar. 1994. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-139893

ABSTRACT

El papel que desempeña el macrófago en los individuos infectados con Mycobacterium tuberculosis es fundamental al inicio y durante el curso de la infección. En este trabajo, presentamos la actividad fagocítica in vitro de monocitos de sangre venosa aislados de pacientes tuberculosos. El parámetro estudiado fue la capacidad de los macrófagos para fogocitar eritrocitos de carnero en ensayos in vitro el cual se expresa como índice fagocítico(IF). Los resultados muestran que el IF se encuentra disminuido en los macrófagos de pacientes con tuberculosis PPD- y, en forma más evidente, en los pacientes PPD+ con respecto al IF mostrado por los macrófagos de individuos sanos. Estos resultados sugieren que la disfunción de la fagocitosis en los macrófagos de pacientes con tuberculosis contribuye a la cronicidad de la infección


Subject(s)
Humans , Animals , Cells, Cultured/cytology , Cells, Cultured/immunology , Erythrocytes/cytology , Erythrocytes/immunology , In Vitro Techniques , Macrophages/immunology , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification , Phagocytosis/immunology , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/blood , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/immunology
8.
Indian J Exp Biol ; 1993 Jan; 31(1): 5-11
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-58773

ABSTRACT

Mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) were observed to be stimulated by both in vivo and in vitro interactions with preformed HSA-anti HSA immune complexes (IC) having different antigen-antibody ratios. This was indicated by cellular alterations in morphology, increase in cellular protein and lysosomal enzyme contents and a marked fall in 5' nucleotidase level. Analysis of cellular proteins of IC-elicited cells by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed accumulation of 80, 47, 33, 28, 18 and 14 kDa proteins. Insoluble immune complexes at equivalence (IC-Eq) was found to be more effective in the stimulation process as compared to the soluble antigen excess complexes (IC-Ag). These IC-elicited cells secreted lesser amounts of lysosomal hydrolases when explanted in culture medium as compared to resting cells, whereas in vitro stimulation of resident MPM with IC resulted in enhanced lysosomal hydrolase release. IC-induced lysosomal secretion was time and dose dependent and varied with the nature of the complexes. Complement coated immune complexes (IC-CC) induced maximum enzyme secretion followed by IC-Eq and IC-Ag.


Subject(s)
Animals , Antigen-Antibody Complex/metabolism , Humans , Lysosomes/enzymology , Macrophage Activation/immunology , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Mice , Serum Albumin/immunology
9.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 87(supl.5): 43-56, 1992.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-128419

ABSTRACT

Macrophages and muscle cells are the main targets for invasion of Trypanosoma cruzi. Ultrastructural studies of this phenomenon in vitro showed that invasion occurs by endocytosis, with attachment and internalization being mediated by different components capable of recognizing epi-or trypomastigotes (TRY). A parasitophorus vacuole was formed in both cell types, thereafter fusing with lysosomes. Then, the mechanism of T. cruzi invasion of host cells (HC) is essentially similar (during a primary infection in the abscence of a specific immune response), regardless of wether the target cell is a professional or a non-professional phagocytic cell. Using sugars, lectins, glycosidases, proteinases and proteinase inhibitors, we observed that the relative balance between exposed sialic acid and galactose/N-acetyl galactosamine (GAL) residues on the TRY surface, determines the parasite's capacity to invade HC, and that lectin-mediated phagocytosis with GAL specificity is important for internalization of T. cruzi into macrophages. On the other hand, GAL on the surface to heart muscle cells participate on TRY adhesion. TRY need to process proteolytically both the HC and their own surface, to expose the necessary ligands and receptors that allow binding to, and internalization in the host cell. The diverse range of molecular mechanisms which the parasite could use to invade the host cell may correspond to differences in the available "receptors"on the surface of each specific cell type. Acute phase components, with lectin or proteinase inhibitory activities (a-macroglobulins), may also be involved in T. cruzi-host cell interaction


Subject(s)
alpha-Macroglobulins , Endocytosis , Endopeptidases , Lectins , Ligands , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Myocardium/ultrastructure , Receptors, Cell Surface , Trypanosoma cruzi/pathogenicity
10.
Microsc. electron. biol. celular ; 15(1): 57-74, Jun. 1991. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-121635

ABSTRACT

Se estudió la interacción de macrófagos y T.cruzi cultivados in vitro a tres diferentes temperaturas. Luego de 24 horas de incubación a 29-C se observó un gran número de parásitos dentro de los macrófagos con evidencias de división celular. Estos parásitos presentaban un predominio de formas epimastihotas y algunas redondeadas (amastigotes) y movimientos lentos vistos por videomicroscopía. Se corroboró esta observación con los microscopios de luz y electrónico. No se observó evidencias de lisis en los fagosomas. A 40-C los macrófagos muestran un gran número de cuerpos residuales y vacuolas fagocíticas con parásitos digeridos. A 37-C se observó un estado intermedio con parásitos digeridos y normales. Se comprobó que estas temperaturas no afectan al macrófago en su capacidad fagocítica y digestiva. Se postula que la temperatura afecta principalmente al parásito en su resistencia a la digestión intracelular


Subject(s)
Animals , Mice , Macrophages/parasitology , Trypanosoma cruzi/physiology , Cells, Cultured , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Microscopy, Electron , Phagocytes , Photomicrography , Temperature , Trypanosoma cruzi/ultrastructure , Vacuoles/parasitology , Video Recording
12.
Indian J Exp Biol ; 1990 Dec; 28(12): 1101-6
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-56128

ABSTRACT

Properties of a transplantable rat histiocytoma which behaves like a macrophage-like cell, have been described. The AK-5 grows as ascites as well as solid subcutaneous tumor. The ascites from one animal can give between 10(8) and 10(9) cells whereas the subcutaneous tumor grows between 20 and 40 cm3 size. These cells possess various degradative enzymes, macrophage markers and glucocorticoid receptors. Beside histopathology the surface topography and ultrastructure of these cells are described.


Subject(s)
Animals , Cell Division , Female , Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous/ultrastructure , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Male , Rats , Rats, Inbred Strains , Tumor Cells, Cultured/ultrastructure
13.
Rev. cuba. med. trop ; 42(2): 286-302, mayo-ago.1990. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-93430

ABSTRACT

Desde hace algunos años en nuestro país se informan "elementos inespecíficos" en drenajes biliares, denominando así a unas estructuras redondeadas de aproximadamente 12 *m que generalmente aparecen asociadas a trofozoitos de Giardia lamblia y desaparecen después de un tratamiento antigiardiásico. Muchos gastroenterólogos los interpretan como Giardia pero aún se desconoce su naturaleza. Nuestro objetivo fue estudiarlos al microscopio óptico y electrónico comparativamente con las formas biológicas de G. lamblia. Utilizamos muestras de drenaje biliar ricas en trofozoitos de G. lamblia y "elementos inespecíficos", trofozoitos de cultivo y heces ricas en quistes de G. lamblia. Las muestras fueron procesadas por la técnica habitual para microscopía electrónica de trasmisión con algunas modificaciones. Nuestros estudios demostraron que los caracteres morfológicos de los "elementos inespecíficos" corresponden a macrófagos


Subject(s)
Bile/analysis , Drainage , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Microscopy , Microscopy, Electron
14.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz ; 85(1): 53-9, jan.-mar. 1990. tab, ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-85167

ABSTRACT

The authors investigated the relation between parasites and host-cells in active and regressed lesions of a patient with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis, evaluating the frequency of different cell types, and the location and integrity of amastigotes. No correlation was found between parasite integrity and size of parasitophorous vacuoles. They observed ultrastructural findings characterizing a cell mediated immune response: macrophages lysis, parasitic destruction inside macrophages, close contact between parasitized macrophages and lymphocytes and between parasites and lymphocytes, lymphocytic infiltration and fibrosis. They suggest that in DCL there is a limited cellular immune response, although insufficient to control infection


Subject(s)
Adult , Humans , Male , Leishmaniasis/pathology , Skin/ultrastructure , Leishmania/isolation & purification , Macrophages/ultrastructure
15.
Arch. argent. dermatol ; 40(1,pt.2): 81-116, ene-feb 1990. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-105721

ABSTRACT

Se realiza una revisión de la patogenia de la Lepra (Hanseniasis), en sus vinculaciones con el "sistema monocítico-macrofágico y se efectúa el estudio histopatológico, histoquimico (lipídico) y con microscopía electrónica de cuatro enfermos de Lepra, dos lepromatosos ( sin y con eritema nudoso) y otros dos dimorfos ("Borderline"). Se concluye que: 1) La Lepra presenta sus manifestaciones clínico-patológicas más ostensibles, en vinculación con lesiones del "sistema monocítico-macrofágico". 2)Existen distintos comportamientos de los macrófagos frente al mycobacterium leprae" a)en personas Mitsuda positivos se puede demostrar el predominio de "macrófagos lisadores del M.leprae" con muerte y desaparición de los bacilos; b)en individuos Mitsuda-negativos predominan los "magrófagos no lisadores del M.leprae",que también producen la muerte de los bacilos, pero con persistencia de la "envoltura lipídica bacilar", que se deposita en las vacuolas de los virchowcitos; y c)en enfermos Mitsuda-negativos, luego de formado el "Granuloma virchowiano", se desarrollan los "macrófagos lisadores de las células de Virchow" que permitirían el recambio celular de los virchowitos. 3)Los "macrófagos lisadores del M.leprae" obtienen información antigénica del "bacilo aislado" que pueden transmitir al sistema de inmunidad celular, cuyos linfocitos T activados generan los "granulomas epitelioides con células de Langhans" (granulomas tuberculoides), de la Lepra tuberculoide. 4) Los "macrófagos no lisadores del M.leprae" no obtendrían información antigénica adecuada y no tendrían capacidad para estimular ningún sistema inmunológico (celular, o humoral), originando los "granulomas virchowianos" de la Lepra lepromatosa 5)Luego del envejecimiento y muerte de los vinchowcitos, los "macrófagos lisadores de las celulas de Virchow" obtendrían información antigénica de los "bacilos degenerados asociados a lípidos y glucoproteinas citoplasmáticas", con capacidad de estimulación del sistema inmunológico humoral cuyos linfocitos B activados generarían anticuerpos complejos: a)contra bacilos ubicados en los virchowcitos en la Reacción leprosa tipo 2 (eritema nudoso leprótico); b) contra la pared de vasos en la reacción leprosa tipo 3(fenómeno de Lucio); y c)contra tejidos del huésped (enfermedad autoagresiva hanseniana-Azulay). 6)En la lepra no existiría "polaridad inmunológica" en los períodos iniciales de la instalación de la enfermedad, pero parecería secundariamente a la formación del "granulo


Subject(s)
Immune System/physiopathology , Leprosy, Lepromatous/immunology , Leprosy, Tuberculoid/immunology , Leprosy/immunology , Macrophages/microbiology , Monocytes/immunology , Mycobacterium leprae/pathogenicity , Giant Cells, Langhans/immunology , Erythema Nodosum/immunology , Erythema Nodosum/physiopathology , Erythema Nodosum/ultrastructure , Immune System/pathology , Immunity, Cellular , Leprosy, Tuberculoid/physiopathology , Leprosy, Tuberculoid/ultrastructure , Leprosy/physiopathology , Leprosy/ultrastructure , Macrophages/physiopathology , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Mycobacterium leprae/immunology , Mycobacterium leprae/ultrastructure
17.
Arch. argent. dermatol ; 39(4): 197-27, jul.-ago. 1989. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-95779

ABSTRACT

Se realiza una revisión histórica de la concepción del "Sistema retículo-endotelial" o "sistema retículo-histiocitario" y su aplicación a la patología que generó las llamadas "reticulopatías" y en especial las "reticulosis" (reticulopatías de causa no determinada). Se analiza la naturaleza histológica ultraestructural y embriológica del SRE y se concluye que dicha concepción está basada en erróneas interpretaciones histofisiológicas y embriológicas. El "tejido reticular, que forma el armazón de sostén de los órganos hemocitopoyéticos (bazo, ganglios linfáticoas, médula ósea parda) representa simplemente una variedad de tejido conectivo especializado asociado a un armazón extracelular de fibrillas de reticulina constituidas como las fibras colágenas por proteínas colágenas. Los estudios ultraestructurales de las "células reticulares" no han logrado mostrar evidencias de actividad macrofágica y han permitido observar formas transicionales al fibroblasto. También se ha podido demostrar la imposibilidad de que la "célula reticular" se pueda transformar en "histiocito" o "macrófago". Por otro lado, los "sinusoides" del bazo y del hígado están constituídos por verdaderos endotelios fenestrados, sin vinculación con las células reticulares. Las células de Kupffer del hígado son macrófagos originados en hemocitoblastos (células troncales hemáticas del mesénquima extraembrionario), que viven en los intersticios de los endotelios fenestrados, sin tener vinculaciones citogenéticas con los endotelios sinusoidales. Estos hallazgos han determinado que no se puede seguir admitiendo una función de "mesénquima persistente" para las células reticulares y menos que dichas células puedan generar linfocitos, histiocitos y otras células vinculadas con las que constituyen las reticulosis. La revisión embriológica permite demostrar la existencia de dos mesénquimas, uno más primitivo desarrollado en la pared del saco vitelino, el "mesénquima extraembrionario" y otro posterior, generado en la lámina intermedia del disco embrionario, el "mesénquima embrionario". El "mesénquima extraembrionario" constituirá el real origen de las células que constituyen las llamadas reticulosis. Por dicho motivo se propone reemplazar la denominación "reticulosis" por la más correcta de "mesenquimopatías extraembrionarias sistémicas". Por otra parte, el "mesénquima del disco embrionario" o "mesénquima embrionario" generarías los "sarcomas", es decir tumores mesenquimales circunscriptos que se diseminan


Subject(s)
Lymphatic Diseases/embryology , Mononuclear Phagocyte System/embryology , Sarcoma/embryology , Lymphocyte Activation , Kupffer Cells , Connective Tissue/embryology , Fibroblasts/ultrastructure , Histiocytes/ultrastructure , Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell/embryology , Intermediate Filament Proteins , Lymphocytes/immunology , Lymphoma/embryology , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Monocytes , Reticulin , Stem Cells
18.
Medicina (B.Aires) ; 49(3): 232-8, mayo-jun. 1989. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-86675

ABSTRACT

Sensibilizando cobayos con homogenado testicular y adyuvante de Freund, se halió una estrecha correlación entre inmunidad celular (IC) y lesión orquítica y se demonstraron anticuerpos citofílicos antiespermáticos (ACA). Altos títulos de ACA séricos se detectaron precozmente, junto a las lesiones gonadales. Utilizando ACA puro obtenido de la superfície macrofágica, se evaluó el efecto citotóxico por inyección subalbugínea y por incubación con células germinales o espermatozoides. Estudios inmunoquímicos demonstraron la IgG2 del ACA y se comprobó que la acción citotóxica no se debe a complejos inmunes. Los estudios estructurales del complejo macrófago-ACA-espermatozoide por microscopia electrónica de transmisión y de barrido mostraron los estadíos de la fagocitosis de espermatozoides mediada por ACA. La "orquitis térmica" se desarrolló como modelo de orquitis inducida sin adyuvante. Los resultados señalaron el papel del granuloma desarrolado en el sitio de sensibilización en el desencadenamiento de la reacción inmune. El aislamiento e identificación de las células que pueblan secuencialmente el granuloma mostró macrófagos como principal tipo celular. Los linfocitos T aumentan a medida que descienden los B que son remplazados por plasmocitos. Se desarrolló un modelo en cobayos para estudiar la capacidad que tiene la torsión unilateral de cordón espermático para desencadear una respuesta inmune contra la gonada injuriada. La orquiectomía de la misma previno tanto la lesión como la reación...


Subject(s)
Guinea Pigs , Animals , Male , Immunoglobulin G/immunology , Infertility, Male/immunology , Orchitis/immunology , Freund's Adjuvant , Immunity, Cellular , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Semen/cytology , Spermatozoa/immunology
19.
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-23561

ABSTRACT

In an ultrastructural study undertaken on donovanosis, the inflammatory response was studied along with the fine structure of causative organisms, Calymmatobacterium granulomatis. Macrophages were seen to be activated and showed presence of numerous filopodia and increase in the number of lysosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum. Many cells showed vacuoles of varying size in the cytoplasm some of which contained the organisms. Other cells seen included plasma cells, polymorphonuclear cells and sparse lymphocytes. In one case few multinucleated giant cells and dendritic cells with long cytoplasmic processes making cell-cell contact with other inflammatory cells were seen. Such cells have not been described in donovanosis so far. The organisms showed surface structures like pili and vesicles, the role of which is yet to be clearly understood.


Subject(s)
Calymmatobacterium/ultrastructure , Granuloma Inguinale/microbiology , Humans , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Skin/ultrastructure
20.
Rev. bras. biol ; 49(1): 285-90, fev. 1989. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-70882

ABSTRACT

A observaçäo da cauda de girinos totalmente desenvolvidos e no envolver de sua regressäo, ao microscópio eletrônico, permitiu constatar fibras musculares estriadas esqueletícas íntegras e fibroblastos bem desenvolvidos quando a cauda atingia o seu maior comprimento. No entanto, durante sua regressäo notamos nas fibras musculares ruptura e desorganizaçäo das miofibrilas, além de grandes gotículas de lipídios e mitocôndrias alteradas, indicando degeneraçäo celular. Durante esta última fase observamos entre as fibras musculares grande concentraçäo de macrófagos com miofibrilas no citoplasma e fibroblastos contendo no seu interior vesículas com fibrilas colágenas.


Subject(s)
Animals , Fibroblasts/ultrastructure , Macrophages/ultrastructure , Muscles/ultrastructure , Tail/embryology , Bufonidae
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