the absence of hepatocyte damage around s. bovis eggs in deprived mice indicates that this schistosome lacks such a toxin , and this could explain why during s. bovis infection synthesis of the two acute-phase proteins , complement c3 and serum amyloid p-component ( sap ) here seemed less t-dependent than has previously been found during s. mansoni infection of mice .
C0001347
acute-phase proteins
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serum amyloid p-component