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Article: Nurse cell cytoplasm differs between two Trichinella species.
- Article from:
- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- June 2, 2004
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2004 JUN 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nurse cell cytoplasm differs between two Trichinella species.
"The nurse cell in the cyst of Trichinella spiralis comprises at least two kinds of cytoplasm, derived from muscle or satellite cells, as indicated by the pattern of staining using regular dye (haematoxylin and eosin, or toluidine blue), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) expression, acid phosphatase (ACP) expression and immunostaining with an anti-intermediate filament protein (desmin or keratin)," wrote investigators in Japan.
"Muscle cells undergo basophilic changes following a T spiralis infection and transform to the nurse cells, accompanied by an ...