Vimentin-positive Cells in the Epithelium of Rabbit Ileal Villi Represent Cup Cells but Not M-cells

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1533-1544

  Ramirez, Carolina ^a,b   Gebert, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cup cell; Gut; Lectin histochemistry; M cell; Rabbit; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GOLD; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOMER; TRACER; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER VESICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LECTIN BINDING SITE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0345256293     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540305101113     Document Type: Article

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