Fine structure of lipid storage in epithelial cells lining bile ducts in Niemann-Pick's disease.
Lipid lamellated vacuoles have been found in epithelial cells lining bile ducts in a case of Niemann-Pick's disease. The lipidic vacuoles were few and small within these cells and were placed in the cell apical area.
D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009542:Niemann-Pick Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000378:metabolism
D013109:Sphingomyelins; D002784:Cholesterol