[Morphofunctional study of human pericardial macrophages].
Human pericardial macrophages have been studied with the light and electron microscope. The cells showed high activities of acid phosphatase and of non-specific and acid esterases. The macrophages are able to pinocytosis the extracellular space marker--horseradish peroxidase. The network of intracytoplasmic cavities, continuous with the extracellular space, has been documented by applying two different methods of visualization of the cellular surface. A possible role of these cavities in pinocytosis is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000166:cytology*; D010873:Pinocytosis
D006867:Hydrolases
Morfo-funktsional'noe issledovanie perikardial'nykh makrofagov cheloveka.