The peritoneal mesothelium covering the genital tract and its ligaments in the female pig shows signs of active function

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 831-837

  Yániz, Jesús Luis ^a   Recreo, Pilar ^a   Carretero, Teresa ^a   Arceiz, Elena ^a   Hunter, R H F ^b   López Gatius, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genital tract; Mesothelial cell; Peritoneal fluid; Peritoneum; Porcine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; LIGAMENT; MICROVILLUS; PERITONEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CILIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; LIGAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVILLI; PERITONEUM; SWINE;

EID: 34547432029     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20554     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Abe H, Oikawa T. 1992. Examination by scanning electron microscopy of oviductal epithelium of the prolific Chinese Meishan pig at follicular and luteal phases. Anat Rec 233:399-408.
2. Anderson TF. 1951. Techniques for the preservation of three-dimensional structure in preparing specimens for the electron microscope. Trans N Y Acad Sci 13:130-134.
3. Bird SD. 2004. Mesothelial primary cilia of peritoneal and other serosal surfaces. Cell Biol Int 28:151-159.
4. Chailley-Heu B, Rubio S, Rougier JP, Ducroc R, Barlier-Mur AM, Ronco P, Bourbon JR. 1997. Expression of hydrophilic surfactant proteins by mesentery cells in rat and man. Biochem J 15:251-256.
5. Chen Y, Hills BA. 2000. Surgical adhesions: evidence for adsorption of surfactant to peritoneal mesothelium. Aust N Z J Surg 70:443-447.
6. Dobbie JW. 1996. Surfactant protein A and lamellar bodies: a homologous secretory function of peritoneum, synovium, and lung. Perit Dial Int 16:574-581.
7. Dobbie JW, Lloyd JK. 1989. Mesothelium secretes lamellar bodies in a similar manner to type II pneumocyte secretion of surfactant. Perit Dial Int 1989:215-219.
8. Doboszynska T, Andronowska A, Janiszewska L, Sobotka A. 1999. Morphological features of lymphatic and mesothelial communications in the broad ligament of the pig. Lymphology 32:132-150.
9. Doughty MJ. 1998. Changes in cell surface primary cilia and microvilli concurrent with measurements of fluid flow across the rabbit corneal endothelium ex vivo. Tissue Cell 30:634-643.
10. Douglas WH, Redding RA, Stein M. 1975. The lamellar substructure of osmiophilic inclusion bodies present in rat type II alveolar pneumonocytes. Tissue Cell 7:137-142.
11. Hills BA. 1992. Graphite-like lubrication of mesothelium by oligolamellar pleural surfactant. J Appl Physiol 73:1034-1039.
12. Johansson J, Curstedt T. 1997. Molecular structures and interactions of pulmonary surfactant components. Eur J Biochem 15:675-693.
13. Madison LD, Bergstrom-Porter B, Torres AR, Shelton E. 1979. Regulation of surface topography of mouse peritoneal cells. J Cell Biol 82:783-797.
14. Martin GG, Sack M, Talbot P. 1981. The structure of bursae ovaricae surrounding the ovaries of the golden hamster. Anat Rec 201:485-498.
15. Michailova KN. 2004. Mesothelial lamellar bodies in norm and experimental conditions. Transmission and scanning electron microscopic observations on the peritoneum, pleura and pericardium. Anat Embryol (Berl) 208:301-309.
16. Michailova KN, Usonoff KG. 2006. Serosal membranes (pleura, pericardium, peritoneum). Normal structure, development and experimental pathology. Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 183:1-144.
17. Mutsaers SE. 2004. The mesothelial cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 36:9-16.
18. Smith DS, Smith U, Ryan JW. 1972. Freeze-fractured lamellar body membranes of the rat lung great alveolar cell. Tissue Cell 4:457-468.
19. Stratton CJ. 1976. The high resolution ultrastructure of the periodicity and architecture of lipid-retained and extracted lung multilamellar body laminations. Tissue Cell 8:713-728.
20. Yániz JL, Santolaria P, López-Béjar M, Rutllant P, López-Gatius F. 2000. A scanning electron microscopy study of the peritoneal mesothelium covering the genital area in the cow. Anat Histol Embryol 29:149-155.
21. Yániz JL, López-Gatius F, Hunter RHF. 2006. Scanning electron microscopic study of the functional anatomy of the porcine oviductal mucosa. Anat Histol Embryol 35:28-34.