Mucous cells of the tracheobronchial tree in the ferret |
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Authors: | S. Jacob S. Poddar |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Human Biology and Anatomy, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN Sheffield, UK;(2) Department of Anatomy, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica |
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Abstract: | Summary Mucosubstances in the tracheobronchial tree of the ferret were studied histochemically. The submucous glands contained predominantly neutral mucins. Scattered between these were cells containing sulphated mucins and sialidase-labile and sialidase-resistant sialomucins. Most of the goblet cells in the trachea, as well as those in the bronchi and large pronchioles, contained sulphated mucins. A smaller proportion of the goblet cells showed sialidase-labile and sialidase-resistant sialomucins. It will be interesting to see whether ferrets can be used to produce animal models for hypersecretory diseases such as cystic fibrosis and chronic bronchitis. |
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