Topographic distribution of Thy-1 positive cells in epithelial tissues of BALB/c mice.
Epithelial sheets prepared from murine oral epithelia (palate, lining mucosa, gingiva) and oesophagus contained dendritic and round Thy-1 positive (+) cells similar to those observed in epidermis by immunofluorescence microscopy. Bladder, intestine and tracheal epithelium did not contain such cells. Thus, cells bearing the cells-surface glycoprotein Thy-1, like Ia-antigen-bearing Langerhans cells, may be restricted to stratified squamous epithelia.
D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D004947:Esophagus / Q000166:cytology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000166:cytology; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens
D000954:Antigens, Surface; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens