Title |
Capillaria hepatica in rats: focal parasitic hepatic lesions and septal fibrosis run independent courses
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Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, February 2007
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DOI | 10.1590/s0074-02762006000800012 |
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Authors |
Ana Thereza Gomes, Liliane Monteiro Cunha, Carla Guimarães Bastos, Bruno Frederico Medrado, Bárbara CA Assis, Zilton A Andrade |
Abstract |
Capillaria hepatica causes two main lesions in the liver of rats: multifocal chronic inflammation, directly related to the presence of disintegrating parasites and their eggs, and a process of systematized septal fibrosis. The comparative behavior of these two lesions was investigated in rats experimentally infected with 600 embryonated eggs, following either corticosteroid treatment or specific antigenic stimulation, in an attempt to understand the relationship between these two lesions, and the pathogenesis of septal fibrosis. The two treatments differently modified the morphological aspects of the focal parasitic-related lesions, but did not interfere with the presentation of diffuse septal fibrosis, although a mild decrease in the degree of fibrosis occurred in corticoid-treated animals. These findings indicate that although the two lesions are C. hepatica induced, they are under different pathogenetic control, the induction of septal fibrosis being triggered during early infection to follow an independent pathway. |
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