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9538560

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
The vitamin A uptake cells in the anterior pituitary, thyroid gland, and pancreas of Japanese quails, coturnix coturnix japonica, were examined by the use of Sudan III staining, toluidine blue staining, fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy. After excess vitamin A administration, most of interstitial cells, corresponding to fibroblasts, increased markedly the size and number of lipid droplets in the cytoplasm which emitted vitamin A fluorescence intensively. The reactions to vitamin A administration were in parallel with the vitamin A dosage. In particular, the cells of the thyroid gland and pancreas were comparable to the Ito cells of the liver in their vitamin A uptake capacity. The present study demonstrates that interstitial cells either identical with or closely related to the Ito cells of the liver are widely distributed in the connective tissue of these endocrine organs. The possible physiological roles of the vitamin A uptake cells and also the species difference in the vitamin A uptake capacity of these cells are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0018-2052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Vitamin A uptake cells in the endocrine organs of Japanese quails, Coturnix coturnix japonica.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article