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Parafollicular cells of rabbit thryoid store both calcitonin and somatostatin and resemble gut D cells ultrastructurally.

Histochemistry ·Vol. 62 ·No. 3 ·1979-08-00 ·Pages 281-8

Buffa R, Chayvialle JA, Fontana P, Usellini L, Capella C, Solcia E

Abstract

Both calcitonin and somatostatin have been detected immunohistochemically in rabbit parafollicular cells; only calcitonin has been found in the same cells of the dog, guinea-pig and man. Large amounts of a peptide radioimmunochemically identical with synthetic somatostatin have been detected in extracts of rabbit thyroid. The ultrastructural and staining features of rabbit parafollicular cells differ from those of parafollicular cells in other species, while resembling in part those of somatostatin D cells scattered in the rabbit stomach.

MeSH Terms
Animals Calcitonin/metabolism Dogs Guinea Pigs Histocytochemistry Humans Immunochemistry Organ Specificity Pylorus/ultrastructure Rabbits Somatostatin/metabolism Species Specificity Thyroid Gland/cytology,metabolism,ultrastructure
Chemicals
Somatostatin Calcitonin
Authors & Affiliations
6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Buffa R
Chayvialle J A
Fontana P
Usellini L
Capella C
Solcia E
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Article Info
Journal
Histochemistry
Abbr.
Histochemistry
ISSN
0301-5564
DOI
10.1007/BF00508356
Published
1979-08-00
Pages
281-8
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0411300
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00508356
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