Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25521
Document Type: Artigo
Title: Immune response, detection of IgE and PGE2 during vaginal candidiasis in mice
Authors: Lucas, Rosymar Coutinho
Taglialegna, Rafael
França, Carolina Nunes
Segato, Fernando
Cazzaniga, Rodrigo Anselmo
Fonseca, Carol Kobori da
Maffei, Claudia Maria Leite
Issue Date: 2016
Resumo : Vulvovaginal candidiasis is an opportunistic infection that affects most women in adult life, but the defense mechanism remains to be elucidated. Animals treated with estradiol were inoculated with Candida albicans having high virulence power. The experimental control consisted of animal groups treated with estradiol and animals without treatment that were inoculated with physiologic serum. The vaginal wall was collected, at different times. The material was destined to the counting of Colony Forming Units (CFU), detection of PGE2, IgE and histological staining (hematoxylin and eosin, silver and toluidine blue) for the study of the infected vaginal section. Experimental infection was predominant due to hyphae and pseudohyphae parasitism, involving the keratinized layer of the vaginal stratified squamous epithelium, without compromise submucosal or muscular layer. Furthermore, it was observed mast and polymorphonuclear cells on vaginal tissue in response to the infection. On the other hand, IgE and PGE2 participated in the response to experimental C. albicans vaginal infection. The raise in these mediators matches with the load fungal increase during the infection evolution and with the presence of mast cell. These results suggest a probable atopic component involved in the vaginal candidiasis pathogenesis.
Keywords: Immune response
Vulvovaginal candidiasis
Candida albicans
Mast cell
ISSN: 1553-619X
Is part of: American Journal of Immunology
Language: eng
Publisher / Institution : SCIENCE Publications
Citation: LUCAS, R. C. et al. Immune response, detection of IgE and PGE2 during vaginal candidiasis in mice. American Journal of Immunology, New York, v. 12, n. 2, p. 29–36, 2016. Disponível em: https://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajisp.2016.29.36. Acesso em: 13 jul. 2026.
License: Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2016.29.36
URI: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/25521
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