Phagocytotic removal of apoptotic endocrine cells by folliculostellate cells and its functional implications in clusterin accumulation in pituitary colloids in helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-80

  Claudius, Luziga ^a   Yoshimi, Yamamoto ^b   Yoichiro, Horii ^c   Gabriel, Mbassa ^d   Koichi, Mamba ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Colloid; Folliculostellate cells; Guinea fowl; Phagocytosis; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COLLOIDS; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

APOPTOSIS; FOLLICULOSTELLATE CELLS; GUINEA FOWL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PITUITARY GLAND;

CELLS;

CLUSTERIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 100; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLOID; ENDOCRINE CELL; FOLLICULOSTELLATE CELL; FOWL; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STELLATE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS;

EID: 33646061019     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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