[The juxta-oral organ (Chievitz organ)--a sensory organ in the bucco-temporal area?].
Samples of a juxtaoral organ were examined immunohistochemically with antibodies against light-chain cytokeratin (KL-1), cytokeratin 19, desmin, chromogranin, neuron-specific enolase, and S-100 protein. The epithelial cells were found to be immunoreactive only with the two cytokeratin antibodies. Transmission electron microscopy was also performed. The results are best compatible with a mechanoreceptor function of the organ.
Mandl
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Pathologisches Institut am Städtischen Klinikum St. Marien, Amberg.
Nerlich
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Pankratz
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Hübner
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D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007633:Keratins / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000473:pathology; D010306:Parotid Gland; D012679:Sense Organs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
D007633:Keratins