Figures
Infection-induced interaction between the mosquito circulatory and immune systems.
The fluorescence image details the structural organization of the heart of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae (see King and Hillyer). The point of view is top down, with the mosquito's body lying horizontally with its head to the left (outside of the image). Muscle is labeled green, and shows the tube-like heart extending horizontally across the body and the diamond shaped alary muscles projecting vertically onto the heart. The pericardial cells, labeled red, are pinocytic cells that flank the heart. Cell nuclei are labeled blue.
Image Credit: Jonas G. King and Julián F. Hillyer, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University.
Citation: (2012) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 8(11) November 2012. PLoS Pathog 8(11): ev08.i11. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v08.i11
Published: November 29, 2012
Copyright: © 2012 King and Hillyer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The fluorescence image details the structural organization of the heart of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae (see King and Hillyer). The point of view is top down, with the mosquito's body lying horizontally with its head to the left (outside of the image). Muscle is labeled green, and shows the tube-like heart extending horizontally across the body and the diamond shaped alary muscles projecting vertically onto the heart. The pericardial cells, labeled red, are pinocytic cells that flank the heart. Cell nuclei are labeled blue.
Image Credit: Jonas G. King and Julián F. Hillyer, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University.