Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-8bhkd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-15T15:20:58.571Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Paneth and intermediate cell hyperplasia induced in mice by helminth infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2003

M. KAMAL ,
M. S. DEHLAWI ,
L. ROSA BRUNET  and
D. WAKELIN
M. KAMAL
Affiliation:
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
M. S. DEHLAWI
Affiliation:
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
L. ROSA BRUNET
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK Present address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Windeyer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
D. WAKELIN
Affiliation:
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Hyperplasia of Paneth and intermediate cells is a recently described component of the response of the small intestine of mice to infection with the nematode Trichinella spiralis. To investigate whether this hyperplasia is parasite specific or represents a generic intestinal response to infection, mice were infected with T. spiralis, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Heligmosomoides polygyrus or Schistosoma mansoni and tissue samples taken at various time-points post-infection to determine Paneth and intermediate cell numbers. All infections induced Paneth and intermediate cell hyperplasia, but the patterns of response varied between the parasite species concerned, reflecting differences in their relationships with the host. Increases in the numbers of these cells appeared to correlate with known patterns of T-helper-2 immune responses.

Keywords

Paneth cellsintermediate cellsT cell immunityTrichinella spiralisNippostrongylus brasiliensisHeligmosomoides polygyrusSchistosoma mansoni
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 125 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 275 - 281
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)