Archivum histologicum japonicum
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Ultrastructural Observations on Folliculo-Stellate Cells in the Pars Distalis of the Pituitary Gland in Three Rodent Species
Christian GIRODMarc LHÉRITIER
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1986 Volume 49 Issue 1 Pages 1-12

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Ultrastructural features of folliculo-stellate cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland were described in three rodent species (the mouse, guinea pig, golden hamster). These cells are agranular and form the lining of tiny follicles projecting microvilli. Long cytoplasmic expanding processes are intermingled with granular cells of various morphofunctional types without special relationships to one cell type or another. In the guinea pig, the abundance of intermediate filaments appears as a notable feature in the cytoplasm of the folliculo-stellate cells. The results are compared with those previously published.

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