Vasoactive intestinal peptide and substance P-like immunoreactivities in the enteric nervous system of the pig correlate with the severity of pathological changes induced by Schistosoma japonicum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 1503-1514

  Balemba, O B ^a   Semuguruka, W D ^a   Hay Schmidt, A ^b   Johansen, M V ^c   Dantzer, V ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enteric nervous system; Histopathology; Pig; Schistosoma japonicum; Substance P; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

AMINE; PEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELL; EOSINOPHIL; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LARGE INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NECROSIS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CECUM; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SUBSTANCE P; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0034773823     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00273-9     Document Type: Article

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