Characterisation of Kupffer cells in some Amphibia

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-261

  Corsaro, Concetta ^b   Scalia, Marina ^b   Leotta, Nicola ^b   Mondio, Filippo ^b   Sichel, Giovanni ^a  

^a Istituto di Biologia Generale   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Macrophages; Mononuclear phagocyte system; Reticuloendothelial system

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NONSPECIFIC ESTERASE; PEROXIDASE; ZYMOSAN;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; XENOPUS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ESTERASES; INCLUSION BODIES; KUPFFER CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEROXIDASE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PIGMENTATION; RANIDAE; XENOPUS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034061410     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299006068     Document Type: Article

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