Rabbit tonsil-associated M-cells express cytokeratin 20 and take up particulate antigen

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1323-1331

  Carapelli, Alessandro ^a   Regoli, Marì ^a   Nicoletti, Claudio ^b   Ermini, Leonardo ^a   Fonzi, Luciano ^a   Bertelli, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen transport; Cytokeratin 20; M cells; MALT; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PALATINE TONSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATIN-20; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; RABBITS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TONSIL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 5444274053     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6298.2004     Document Type: Article

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