Figure 1
From: Identification of adipocytes as target cells for Leishmania infantum parasites
L. infantum parasites are present in adipose tissue from BALB/c mice. Subcutaneous, periovarian, and brown adipose tissue (25 mg) from mice inoculated with L. infantum were collected after different periods of time (6 (A), 10 (B) and 31 weeks post infection (C)), DNA was extracted in a 100 µL volume and the presence of L. infantum DNA was determined by qPCR using a 2.5 µL DNA extract. Results represent parasite burden per milligram of tissue with SEM. *p < 0.05. qPCR negative samples are not shown on graphs.
