title: On the structural differences in the membranes between ciliated bronchial and non-ciliated lymphoepithelium in rats.
abstract: The membrane structure of bronchial ciliated epithelium and lymphoepithelium was studied in rats by lectin histochemistry. The lymphoepithelium, contrary to bronchial ciliated epithelium, did not contain terminal beta-D-galactose residues. Moreover L-fucose and beta-D-Gal (1-3)-D-GalNAc residues, being masked, could be visualized only after enzymatic digestion of terminal sialic acid. These structural differences in membranes provide a basis for the different functions of bronchial lymphoepithelium.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Occupational Health, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tátrai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ungváry
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Adamis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001980:Bronchi / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003208:Concanavalin A; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D037102:Lectins; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D019887:Peanut Agglutinin; D037121:Plant Lectins; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019887:Peanut Agglutinin; D037121:Plant Lectins; C017707:Ricinus communis agglutinin-1; C036850:Ulex europaeus lectins; D014909:Wheat Germ Agglutinins; C036554:dolichos biflorus agglutinin; D003208:Concanavalin A; C034551:maclurin