Secretory glycoconjugates in the epithelium of the goat prostate.
Secretory glycoconjugates in the epithelium of the goat prostate were investigated with various electron microscopical histochemical methods that involved periodic acid-thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate, colloidal gold-labelled lectin and related procedures. The three types of cells in the epithelium previously differentiated with the light microscope were substantiated: mucus-producing cells, protein-secreting cells and cells intermediate between both types. These three cell types contained varying amounts of neutral glycoconjugates; the histochemical nature of these carbohydrates was determined with particular emphasis upon the histophysiological functions of the accessory sex glands.
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Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yamada
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D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000378:metabolism*; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D006001:Glycoconjugates