Fig. 2

Analysis of peritoneal cells. Male Wistar rats were infected with T. cruzi and treated for 14 days with ghrelin. On day 15 post-infection, the animals were euthanized and the peritoneal cells collected. The cells were labelled with anti-rat macrophage subset⁺/PE and/or anti-rat RT1B⁺/PerCP antibodies and analyzed by flow cytometry. a Macrophage subset⁺ populations. b Macrophage⁺ RT1B⁺ populations. Abbreviations: C, non-infected and non-treated control; CG, non-infected and treated control; I, infected and non-treated animals; IG, infected and treated animals. *P < 0.05