Nuclear bodies of the human lung in psittacosis.
Lung piece obtained from a female patient with psittacosis by biopsy. A nuclear bodies of five different types were observed, depending on their degree of ultrastructural development. First type showed fibrillary nuclear bodies surrounded by a clear halo. Type II resembled the nuclear body of type I but showed heterogeneously electron density. Type III comprised nuclear bodies with a fibrillary cortex containing a central granular component. These bodies were separated from the nucleoplasm by a clear halo. Type IV was characterized by a more complex structure and resembled the nuclear body of type III but with dense osmiophilic granules. Nuclear bodies of type V were comprised of numerous osmiophilic granules.
Emura
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College of Medical Sciences, Gifu University, Japan.
Tamada
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A
Hayakawa
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D
Chen
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Shoumura
S
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Isono
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H
D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000166:cytology*