title: The lamellar substructure of osmiophilic inclusion bodies present in rat type II alveolar pneumonocytes.
abstract: When rat pulmonary tissues are processed as outlined in this paper, the type II cell's surfactant containing osmiophilic inclusion bodies possess a periodic substructure. This substructure consists of electron-opaque lamellae, 26 A in thickness alternating with 16 A wide electron-translucent zones.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004727:Endothelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000648:ultrastructure*