title: [Ultrastructural characterization of organ cultures of adrenal glands of newborn pigs].
abstract: Electron microscopic investigation of newborn pig adrenal organ cultures performed for determination of optimum time for xenotransplantation, has shown that the most viable and functional adrenocorticocytes preserving signs of zonal specificity are revealed on the 5th day of cultivation. Later on (the 15th-30th day) morphological changes indicate increasing dedifferentiation of most secretory cells, the capacity to corticosteroidogenesis (judging by the state of steroid-synthesizing organelles) in some adrenocorticocytes being preserved up to 25-30 days. Thus, the most suitable time for xenotransplantation of adrenal organ cultures is the 5th day.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Tron'ko
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Bogdanova
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Turchin
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D013552:Swine
vernacular_title: Ul'trastrukturnaia kharakteristika organnykh kul'tur nadpochechnikov novorozhdennykh porosiat.