A hyaluronate secretor in the nasal mucosa: a cytochemical study using hyaluronidase-gold.
The ultrastructural distribution of hyaluronate in the nasal mucosa of Wistar rats, especially in secretory cells, was examined by hyaluronidase-gold labeling using electron microscopy. The main secretor of hyaluronate in the nasal mucosa was found to be the goblet cells and not the nasal glands.
Tachibana
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Department of Otolaryngology, Meiji College of Oriental Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Morioka
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D000818:Animals; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D006046:Gold; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009093:Mucus; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D006046:Gold; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D006821:Hyaluronoglucosaminidase