title: Duct-associated lymphoid tissue (DALT) of minor salivary glands in the monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops.
abstract: This study reports on the characteristic topographical distribution of DALT within the labial and buccal mucosae of Cercopithecus aethiops. A total of 140 labial and 24 buccal mucosal tissue blocks, originating from 11 animals, were examined light microscopically. All animals revealed DALT in varying numbers of Epon blocks. In C. aethiops, DALT is a comparatively rare phenomenon and appears to develop almost exclusively around MSG duct orifices and along the course of main ducts traversing the subepithelial lamina propria. The location of DALT in C. aethiops, therefore, seems to be anatomically more restricted than in other species (Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta) in which DALT has been studied more extensively.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D008046:Lip / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000033:anatomy & histology*