Neutrophils play a critical role in early resistance to amebic liver abscesses in severe combined immunodeficient mice.

AUTOR(ES)

Seydel, K B

RESUMO

Animal models of liver abscess formation with Entamoeba histolytica suggest that the neutrophil is the first cell of the host immune system to interact with the invading ameba. In vitro studies have suggested that lysis of neutrophils by virulent amebae may exacerbate the damage seen in amebic liver abscesses. To investigate the role of neutrophils in vivo, we used the severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mouse model of amebic liver abscess formation and compared liver damage in neutrophil-depleted and control mice. We found that neutrophil-depleted animals have significantly larger amebic liver abscesses at early stages of infection and that abscesses in neutrophil-depleted SCID mice lack the prominent inflammatory cell ring seen in amebic liver abscesses in control SCID mice. These data suggest that neutrophils play a protective role in the early host response to amebic infection of the liver.

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