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Studies on the endocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract - I. Histotopographic, fluorescence microscopic and ultrastructural investigations of the cat and rat

Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie, ISSN: 0302-766X, Vol: 140, Issue: 4, Page: 535-550
1973
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By means of electron microscopy EC-cells were found in the epithelium of the ducts, in the acini and in the islets of Langerhans of the feline pancreas. Investigations carried out with the method of formol induced fluorescence showed yellow strongly fluorescent serotonin-containing cells following the same distribution pattern. These results and concomitant research on the pancreas of the rat lead to the conclusion that the EC-cell, seen ultrastructurally, corresponds to the serotonin-containing cell of fluorescence microscopy. The results are applied to the EC-cells of the gastrointestinal epithelium. The difference between the EC-cell and the other endocrine cells of the gastro-intestinal tract and the role of EC-cells in serotonin-metabolism are discussed. © 1973 Springer-Verlag.

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