The endocrine nature of the paranganglia of man.
Brightly fluorescent paraganglia were found in the retroperitoneal tissue of adult man. The histofluorescence properties of the paraganglia indicate the presence of tryptophyl peptides, which might be of endocrine importance.
D000818:Animals; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D010233:Paraganglia, Chromaffin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010234:Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000032:analysis
D010455:Peptides; D014364:Tryptophan