Ultrastructural identification of smooth muscle cells in the perisinusoidal space of a freshwater teleost liver.
A smooth muscle cell is described for the first time in the hepatic perisinusoidal spaces of a freshwater teleost. Although at this place the functional properties of this cell remain obscure, its relationship with collagen fibrils is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*