Interleukin-32γ in the Control of Acute Experimental Chagas Disease

Figure 3

Morphological analysis of the heart of WT and IL-32γTg mice noninfected or infected with the Colombian strain of T. cruzi in the acute phase of experimental Chagas disease. (a) Density of cardiac inflammatory infiltrate in infected WT and IL-32γTg mice. (b) Inflammatory infiltrate in the hearts of infected WT and IL-32γTg mice (HE, 40x). (c) Percentage of collagen deposited in the heart. (d) Density and (e) histological sections of the amastigote nests in cardiac tissue of infected WT and IL-32γTg mice (HE, 40x). (Student’s -test).

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