The effect of chronic ingestion of ethanol on modulation of granulomatous inflammation in experimental schistosomiasis in mice Efeito da ingestão crônica de etanol na modulação da resposta inflamatória granulomatosa no fígado de camundongos infectados por Schistosoma mansoni

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: L.P.F. Castro, E.A. Bambirra, P.M.Z. Coelho, M.E. Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1993
• Subjects: Schistosomiasis mansoni; Ethanol; Modulation of granulomatous inflammation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Albinos; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651993000500001; https://doaj.org/article/33295e5e40c6455f9412d803d884e07f

We studied the role of ethanol on the modulation of liver granulomata around Schistosoma mansoni eggs in mice. Albino mice, receiving 7% ethanol as the sole drinking liquid, at 60 and 90 days post-infection, presented smaller granulomata than controls did, when sacrificed at 120 days post-infection....