Fig. 1

E. granulosus (s.s.) infection induces an alternatively activated phenotype in macrophages and different cell morphologies. a Total counts of peritoneal exudate cells (PECs) isolated from E. granulosus-infected or control mice. b Expression levels of phenotypic markers (Ym1, Arg1, Fizz1 and iNOS) in adherent PECs isolated from control mice and infected mice analyzed by RT-PCR. c Morphological observation of adherent PECs isolated from control mice and infected mice. The data are shown as the mean ± SEM (n = 5). Abbreviations: Con, control; E. g., E. granulosus (s.s.). *P < 0.05. Scale-bars: c, 200 µm for 100×; 100 µm for 200×