Differential demonstration of the motilin-cell and the enterochromaffin-cell.
Motilin cells were investigated in the GI-tract of various laboratory animals by immunfluorescence. The distribution of motilin cells was compared to enterochromaffin (EC) cell localization. Simultaneously histochemistry for EC-cells and motilin cells was carried out. The results indicate that motilin is not produced within the EC-cells. Present classification of motilin cells on ultrastructural evidence is therefore not yet possible.
D000818:Animals; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000378:metabolism*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004064:Digestive System / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004759:Enterochromaffin Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D051379:Mice; D009037:Motilin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats
D005768:Gastrointestinal Hormones; D009037:Motilin