Hepatocyte metaplasia in experimental chagasic pancreatitis: preliminary report


Autoria(s): Santos,Vitorino Modesto dos; Lima,Marcus Aurelho de; Cabrine-Santos,Marlene; Marquez,Daniela de Stefani; Lages-Silva,Eliane; Matheus,Jaqueline Maria; Oliveira Junior,José Vitor de; Ramírez,Luis Eduardo
Data(s)

01/06/2001

Resumo

Beginning the study of chronic pathologic changes in pancreas of hamsters experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Vic strain, hepatocyte metaplasia was observed in one animal from infected group. This is the first report of oncocytes in Chagas' disease, which could be due to aberrant regenerative response to pancreas inflammatory process.

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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822001000300012

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT

Fonte

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.34 n.3 2001

Palavras-Chave #Hamster #Experimental Chagas' disease #Chronic pancreatitis #Oncocyte #Hepatocyte metaplasia
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journal article