Histochemical study on the gland of pelvis renalis in the horse.
The glands of pelvis renalis in adult and fetal horses were examined by histochemically. The glandular terminal was divided into two types, intraepithelial gland (IE) and extraepithelial gland (EE) by their locations and histochemical characters. Both glands were composed of mucous cells. The former lay in the transitional epithelium and were stained reddish with galactose oxidase-Schiff (GOS) and mild oxidation-Schiff (MOS), bluish purple with periodic acid-cold thionine Schiff-NaOH-PAS (PCP). The latter distributed in the lamina propria, but was not discovered in the fetus. They were stained weak or negative with GOS and MOS, reddish purple with PCP. Their difference of histochemical character might be reflect to chemical structure of the sialic acid. These mucous cells may cope with the urine contents as hippuric acid.
Mutoh
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Department of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan.
Watanabe
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Wakuri
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy