Development of embryonic chick oviducts in organ culture under the influence of steroid hormones.
Explanted oviducts from 13- and 16-day embryonic female chicks responded to estradiol (1 to 4 micrograms/ml) in the culture medium by forming a thickened epithelium folded into crypts and containing goblet cells and by development of the stroma. In medium containing 3 micrograms/ml estradiol and 0.125 micrograms/ml hydrocortisone, 13-day embryonic oviducts exhibited further development: The columnar epithelial cells formed cilia and tubular glands were formed.
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003470:Culture Media; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010057:Oviducts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology*
D003470:Culture Media; D004958:Estradiol; D006854:Hydrocortisone