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3453788

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Basophilic cells in the guts of female ticks are derived from the basal remnants of type 2 secretory cells. As viewed by electron microscopy, these cells have microvilli uniformly distributed on the luminal surface, but they lack the abundant pinocytotic vesicles and lysosomes characteristic of digest cells. The cytoplasm is filled with well organized rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi complexes and secretory granules. Infoldings of a basal labyrinth extend the contact of the cell with the underlying haemolymph, and there are many mitochondria in the cell processes between folds. This morphology appears to fit the cell for functioning in active water transport across the gut wall. Subsequent to a final rapid phase of engorgement, the basophilic cell reorganizes its cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum into whorls and parallel arrays and resumes a secretory role.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0168-8162
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Boophilus microplus (ixodid tick): fine structure of the gut basophilic cell in relation to water and ion transport.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article