A scanning and immunohistochemical study in bovine haemal node.
The bovine haemal nodes are lymphatic organs with haemal circulation. The blood circulates inside of them through virtual cavities named sinuses. In these sinuses there is passage of cells and particulate materials from parenchyma to sinuses and vice versa. For this passage temporal overtures exist in the sinus walls. The sinus wall is composed of endothelial cells, basal membrane and reticular cells. Our results have demonstrated that type IV collagen was one of the basal membrane constituents in bovine haemal nodes and by this constitution a dynamic equilibrium of the sinus walls was permitted.
Cerutti
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Department of Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Campus Universitario, Lugo, Spain.
Marcaccini
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A
Guerrero
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000098:blood supply / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning