Granulocytic-like cells in the human fallopian tube.
In the fallopian tube there are three main epithelial cell types, i.e., ciliated and nonciliated (or secretory) cells and intercalary, or peg, cells. An additional cell type has been considered either a wandering or a progenitor cell. Our morphologic and histochemical study shows a close similarity between a fourth cell type in the fallopian epithelium and the endometrial granulocytes (K cells). It is suggested that the two cells might be of an identical nature and that granulocytes could be ubiquitous in the entire Müllerian tract.
D004717:Endometrium / Q000166:cytology; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural; D007962:Leukocytes