title: The rat parotid gland--a renewing cell population.
abstract: The mode of turnover and displacement of cells in the rat parotid gland was studied by means of autoradiography. The parotid parenchyma and stroma act as a two-compartment cell renewal system. Parotid cell progenitors are formed mainly in the intercalated duct from which they progress in opposite directions: to the striated duct on one side, while feeding into the acini on the other. The stroma cells stream along the same tissue radii as the parenchymal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartz-Arad
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arber
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arber
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zajicek
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Michaeli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008940:Mitotic Index; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats / Q000033:anatomy & histology*