title: A combined histochemical and autoradiographic study of the distribution and maturation of peritoneal mast cells in the rat.
abstract: The relationship of mitotic activity and degree of cytological differentiation for mast cells of the peritoneal cavity of the rat was studied using combined autoradiographic and histochemical techniques. A mitotic pool of mast cells can be differentiated from a non-mitotic pool, the former containing cells with immature cytoplasmic differentiation and the latter with fully developed cytoplasmic histochemical properties.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D001345:Autoradiography; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D013936:Thymidine