Some aspects of the secretory activity of the human olfactory glands.
Two kinds of secretions, both merocrine and apocrine, have been detected in the serous adenomeres of the human olfactory glands. While the low-density vesicles secrete their products into the glandular lumen by a merocrine way (exocytosis), the electron-dense granules are produced by an apocrine mechanism.
Lucheroni
A
A
Maurizi
M
M
Spreca
A
A
Palmerini
C A
CA
Binazzi
M
M
D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000378:metabolism*