Ultrastructural aspects of human gallbladder epithelial cells in cholelithiasis: Production of anionic mucus

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 643-659

  Gilloteaux, Jacques ^a,b   Karkare, Sujata ^a   Kelly, Thomas R ^a   Hawkins, W Scott ^b  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Human; Mucus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GRANULATION;

CHOLECYSTITI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; HYPERPRODUCTION; MUCUS; NEUTRAL TYPE; SECRETORY GRANULES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM;

CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUCUS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETORY GRANULE;

EID: 0030868893     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970915)38:6<643::AID-JEMT8>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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