title: Expression of laminin in vestibular ganglia and nerves in herpes simplex virus infectious chick embryo.
abstract: The expression of laminin in the vestibular ganglia and nerves in herpes simplex virus I (HSV-I) infectious chick embryos was examined by immuno-histochemistry. In 9-day-old normal chick embryos, the surface of the vestibular ganglion cells and the vestibular nerves were labelled with laminin, while, in HSV-I infectious chick embryos, the staining of laminin in the vestibular ganglia and nerves was very weak. These results suggest that HSV-I injures vestibular ganglia and nerves, and that laminin is a good marker of the degeneration and innervation of developing vestibular nerves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolarygology, Yamagichi University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimogori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D017950:Ganglia, Sensory / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000196:embryology; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007797:Laminin / Q000032:analysis*; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000196:embryology
chemical_list: D007797:Laminin