title: Intermitochondrial junctions in a subpopulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy subjects.
abstract: This paper reports the observation of intermitochondrial junctions (IMJ) with a periodicity of 15.4 +/- 0.65 nm in peripheral blood lymphocytes of healthy subjects. The percentage of IMJ-containing cells appears constant (about 10% of examined lymphocytes) and is independent of the delay of fixation. Immunogold staining reveals that lymphocytes with IMJ exhibit a T-phenotype. IMJ have been reported in other types of tissues but, to our knowledge, have not been previously described in the blood cell. The signification of these structures is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurohistologie EPHE, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Masse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guichard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breton-Gorius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013367:Submitochondrial Particles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure