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Fig. 5

From: Interaction of Borrelia burgdorferi with Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes, Antigen-Presenting Cells with the Potential for Connective Tissue Targeting

Fig. 5

Interaction of B. burgdorferi with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes and isolated peripheral blood fibrocytes were incubated with B. burgdorferi as described in Figures 2 and 3. (A) Coiling phagocytosis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells incubated with B. burgdorferi JD1 for 2 hr. Two spirochetes (asterisks) are enveloped by a coiling pseudopodial cell extension. Bar = 500 nm. (B) Mononuclear cell with large phagocytic vacuoles (asterisks) containing spirochetes. Bar = 2 µm.

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Molecular Medicine

ISSN: 1528-3658