Cytochemical investigations on endocrine-like cells of the digestive tract of the ascidian Styela plicata.
The digestive tract of Styela plicata was examined by cytochemical methods with the aim of displaying the endocrine-like cells. There are different endocrine-like cell types in the gastric epithelium which can be distinguished by their cytochemical characteristics in G-like (Type I), A(A2)-like (Type II), B-like (Type III) and (D (A1)-like (Type IV) cells; while in the esophageal and intestinal epithelium only enterochromaffin-like cells are present.
D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000166:cytology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004947:Esophagus / Q000166:cytology; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000166:cytology; D007422:Intestines / Q000166:cytology; D014561:Urochordata / Q000033:anatomy & histology*