title: Dense-cored vesicles and unusual lamellar bodies in type III gustatory cells in taste buds of rabbit foliate papillae.
abstract: Some type III cells in taste buds of rabbit foliate papillae have greatly increased numbers of dense-cored vesicles. Such cells also contain unusual lamellar bodies that resemble those in alveolar type II cells; they consist of alternating dense and light layers with a periodicity of about 4.4 nm. The precise relationship between the vesicles and the lamellar bodies is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Anatomy, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toyoshima
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tandler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011817:Rabbits / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology