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    Defense reactions of Dermatobia hominis (Diptera: Cuterebridae) larval hemocytes

    Ana Carolina Faraldo, Edy Lello

    BIOCELL, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 197-203, 2003, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2003.27.197

    Abstract The defense reactions against biological (Histoplasma capsulatum and Escherichia coli) and non-biological materials (China ink and nylon thread) were tested in vivo in third instar larvae of Dermatobia hominis. The cellular defense performed by larval hemocytes was observed under electron microscopy. China ink particles were phagocytosed by granular cells 5 h after injection. E. coli cells were internalized by granular cells as early as 5 min after injection and totally cleared 180 min post-injection, when many hemocytes appeared disintegrated and others in process of recovering. H. capsulatum yeasts provoked, 24 h after being injected, the beginning of nodule formation. Nylon More >

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