2 HEMOCYTE POPULATIONS IN TRIATOMA-INFESTANS - ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND LECTIN-BINDING CHARACTERIZATION

Authors
HYPSA V GRUBHOFFER L
Citation
V. Hypsa et L. Grubhoffer, 2 HEMOCYTE POPULATIONS IN TRIATOMA-INFESTANS - ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND LECTIN-BINDING CHARACTERIZATION, Folia parasitologica, 44(1), 1997, pp. 62-70
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Folia parasitologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155683
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
62 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5683(1997)44:1<62:2HPIT->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Two distinct hemocyte populations are determined in the hemolymph of t he triatomine bug Triatoma infestans Klug, oenocytoids and plasmatocyt es, and their independent origin from separate stem cells is shown. Bo th hemocyte populations differ considerably in their morphology, ultra structure and lectin-binding properties. While oenocytoids are quite u niform with easily definable cells which do not to bind any assayed le ctin, the plasmatocytes are a very polymorphic population possessing s everal morphological types and displaying a positive reactivity with l ectins.