Hemocyte behavior

Differences in the number of hemocytes in the snail host Biomphalaria tenagophila, resistant and susceptible to Schistosoma mansoni infection

A. L. D. Oliveira, Zanotti-Magalhães, E. M., Zanotti-Magalhães, E. M., Magalhães, L. A., Ribeiro-Paes, J. T., and Levada, P. M., Differences in the number of hemocytes in the snail host Biomphalaria tenagophila, resistant and susceptible to Schistosoma mansoni infection, vol. 9, pp. 2436-2445, 2010.

The relationships between schistosomiasis and its intermediate host, mollusks of the genus Biomphalaria, have been a concern for decades. It is known that the vector mollusk shows different susceptibility against parasite infection, whose occurrence depends on the interaction between the forms of trematode larvae and the host defense cells. These cells are called amebocytes or hemocytes and are responsible for the recognition of foreign bodies and for phagocytosis and cytotoxic reactions.

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