01051nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002100055653001200076653001200088653001400100653002000114653000900134653002500143653001700168653001500185653001800200100001600218700001600234700001200250700001700262245009800279300001200377490000700389520035100396022001400747       1989                            d  c1989 Mar10aAcid Phosphatase10aAnimals10aleprosy10aLysosomes10aMembrane Fusion10aMice10aMycobacterium leprae10aPhagocytosis10aPhagosomes10aSchwann Cells1 aSteinhoff U1 aGolecki J R1 aKazda J1 aKaufmann S H00aEvidence for phagosome-lysosome fusion in Mycobacterium leprae-infected murine Schwann cells.  a1008-100 v573 a<p>Murine Schwann cells were infected with viable armadillo-derived Mycobacterium leprae in vitro, and the lysosomal marker enzyme, acid phosphatase, was stained by the Gomori reaction. Electron microscopic analysis revealed that Schwann cells infected with M. leprae possess acid phosphatase and that lysosomes fuse with infected phagosomes.</p>  a0019-9567