Ultrastructural study on the follicle-associated epithelium of nasal-associated lymphoid tissue in specific pathogen-free (SPF) and conventional environment-adapted (SPF-CV) rats

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 443-451

  Il Jeong, Kwang ^a   Suzuki, Hodaka ^b   Nakayama, Hiroyuki ^b   Doi, Kunio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Immune surveillance; M cells; NALT; Structural heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NASAL MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342858883     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299006329     Document Type: Article

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