title: Expression of caveolin-3 in the fibroblast-like type B synoviocytes in the rat temporomandibular joint.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nozawa-Inoue
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niwano
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Takeyasu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: C495549:Cav3 protein, rat; D051244:Caveolin 3