Expression of caveolin-3 in the fibroblast-like type B synoviocytes in the rat temporomandibular joint.
The present study revealed that the fibroblast-like type B synoviocytes (covering the surface of the synovial membrane in the rat temporomandibular joint) had muscle-specific caveolin-3 protein in their caveolae. The existence of two kinds of type B synoviocytes (with and without caveolin-3-immunoreactions even in the synovial lining layer) might reflect the functional difference between them.
Nozawa-Inoue
Kayoko
K
Division of Oral Anatomy, Department of Oral Biological Science, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan. nozawa@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp
Suzuki
Akiko
A
Niwano
Masahiro
M
Kawano
Yoshiro
Y
Maeda
Takeyasu
T
D000818:Animals; D021941:Caveolae / Q000737:chemistry*; D051244:Caveolin 3 / Q000032:analysis*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000737:chemistry*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology
C495549:Cav3 protein, rat; D051244:Caveolin 3