title: [Oncocytes--a system of serotoninocytes].
abstract: Oncocytes, irrespectes, irrespective of their localization in this or that organ, possess only one active function inherent in all cells of the given type; this function depends on serotonin cantained therein.  Consequently, oncocytes are not afunctional perishing cells, as was thought up to this time, but represent a group of serotoninocytes appearing in the form of a widely spread in the organism of the diffuse peripheral neuro-endocrine system, the activity of which is associated with the function of the givern biogenic monoamine.
mesh_terms: D004947:Esophagus / Q000166:cytology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000166:cytology*; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008860:Microscopy, Ultraviolet; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000166:cytology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase
vernacular_title: Onkotsity--sistema serotoninotsitov