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Parasitol Today. 1993 Apr;9(4):141-3. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(93)90180-n.

Epithelial ion transport - possible contribution to parasite expulsion.

Parasitology today (Personal ed.)

A W Baird, K E O'Malley

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pharmacology, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland.

PMID: 15463738 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(93)90180-n

Abstract

Multiple local effector mechanisms contribute to host protection from multicellular parasites. In this article, Alan Baird and Kate O'Malley describe a technique for voltage clamping isolated intestinal mucosae obtained from previously parasitized animals. Antigen challenge evoked an ion transport response which is the mechanism underlying net fluid secretion that may contribute to repulsion of enteric-dwelling parasites.

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