Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Feb 1989)

Effect of scorpion toxin on the enterochromaffin-like cells in normal and Trypanosoma cruzi-infected rats: a morphological study

  • N. H. Toppa,
  • V. H. R. Leite,
  • A. J. A. Barbosa,
  • E. Chiari,
  • H. M. S. Gonzaga,
  • L. Freire-Maia,
  • J. R. Cunha-Melo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651989000100002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 1
pp. 7 – 13

Abstract

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Intravenous injection of scorpion toxin (Tityus serrulatus) in normal and Trypanosoma cruzi infected rats did not cause ultrastructural morphologic changes on enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells of the stomach, although it induced a significant increase of the gastric secretion. Our data seem to indicate that gastric ECL cells structure is not affected by stimulation with scorpion toxin or by acute infection with T. cruzi in the rat.

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