title: Regulatory peptides in the human soft palate.
abstract: The distributions of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, peptide, histidine methionine, helospectin, neuropeptide Y and its C-flanking peptide, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide were studied in the human soft palate using immunocytochemical techniques. Peptide-containing nerve fibers were found to form a dense network around glandular acini, excretory ducts and blood vessels, as well as beneath and within the epithelium. Chromogranin A, bombesin-flanking peptide and calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivities were detected in endocrine-like cells located in excretory ducts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathological Anatomy, Salzburg County General Hospital, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hauser-Kronberger
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hacker
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kummer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Albegger
mesh_terms: D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000032:analysis*; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000032:analysis*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D014609:Uvula / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002864:Chromogranins; D010455:Peptides; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide