Presence of tonofilaments and thymic serum factor (FTS) in thymic epithelial cells of a fresh water fish (carp: Cyprinus carpio) and a sea water fish (bass: Dicentrarchus labrax).
Using indirect immunofluorescence we demonstrated the presence of FTS in two fishes; the size of epithelial cells of the carp is smaller than of the bass.
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001492:Bass / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002347:Carps / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013935:Thymic Factor, Circulating / Q000378:metabolism*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013951:Thymus Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D013951:Thymus Hormones; D013935:Thymic Factor, Circulating