Somatostatin Negatively Regulates Parasite Burden and Granulomatous Responses in Cysticercosis
Figure 2
Effect of somatostatin deficiency on size of T. crassiceps-induced granulomas. (a) Photograph of representative granulomas removed from infected WT and SOM−/− mice. (b) Weights of granulomas (mean ± SD) obtained from the peritoneal cavity of infected wild type () and SOM−/− mice (); the asterisk () indicates that the granuloma sizes were different ().
