Morphological, histochemical and immunohistochemical characterization of secretory production of the ciliary glands in the porcine eyelid

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-108

  Yasui, T ^a   Tsukise, A ^a   Nara, T ^a   Kuwahara, Y ^a   Meyer, W ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

defensins; Ciliary glands; Eyelid; Glycoconjugate; Histochemistry; Miniature pig

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEXTRO N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEXTRO GALACTOSE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; FUCOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EYELID; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SECRETORY CELL; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; SECRETION; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CILIARY BODY; EYELIDS; GLYCOCONJUGATES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 34548543884     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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