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Título: | Skeletal muscle regeneration and Trypanosoma cruzi-induced myositis in rats |
Fecha de publicación: | 2004 |
Editorial: | Murcia : F. Hernández |
ISSN: | 0213-3911 |
Materias relacionadas: | CDU::5 - Ciencias puras y naturales::57 - Biología::573 - Biología general y teórica |
Palabras clave: | Muscle regeneration Satellite cells |
Resumen: | Although Chagas’ disease is known to provoke severe acute myositis, information on muscle regeneration is missing. The current paper shows that during T. cruzi infection in rats, skeletal muscle parasitism and the consequent inflammatory process are higher in muscle with a high proportion of type-I myofibres (soleus and diaphragm). Immunohistochemistry showed an acute inflammatory process characterized by ED1+ and ED2+ macrophages, CD8+ lymphocytes, and NK cells. Parasite-nest rupture provoked segmental degeneration of myofibres followed by regeneration. These phenomena were observed at both light and transmission electron microscopy levels. Myofibre regeneration involved activation of satellite cells assessed by the expression of MyoD, a musclespecific transcription factor. Ultrastructural evidence of fusion of myoblast-like cells with the intact segment of degenerating fibres has been provided. At the chronic phase no signs of fibrosis were found, but sparse and small inflammatory foci were found. Our results argue against the relevant participation of autoimmunity phenomena in both acute and chronic phases and furnish a new view for explaining histopathological findings in human patient muscles. |
Autor/es principal/es: | Maldonado, I.R.S.C. Ferreira, M.L. Camargos, E.R.S. Chiari, E. Machado, C.R.S. |
Forma parte de: | Histology and histopathology |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10201/21534 |
Tipo de documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Número páginas / Extensión: | 9 |
Derechos: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Vol.19, nº 1 (2004) |
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