Author:
Nakanishi Hirokuni,Horii Yoichiro,Fujita Koichiro
Abstract
ABSTRACTThe role of macrophages or eosinophils on the expression of sex difference in the susceptibility to a primary Brugia pahangi infection in C57BL/6 mice was investigated by using a macrophage blockade technique (carbon treatment) or a histamine type 1 (H1) receptor antagonist (promethazine). Carbon treatment remarkably inhibited macrophage exudation, reduced the resistance of female mice, and completely abolished sex difference in the susceptibility to B. pahangi infection. Although promethazine treatment inhibited eosinophil exudation, it caused only a little increase (not significant) in the recovery rate of worms. These results suggest that macrophages have more important role(s) than do eosinophils on the expression of sex difference in the susceptibility to a primary B. pahangi infection in C57BL/6 mice.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,General Medicine,Parasitology
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