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The uptake of foreign ferritin by macrophages in the spleen, trunk kidney and liver of platy
Author(s) -
Leknes I. L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb00203.x
Subject(s) - platy , spleen , ferritin , biology , kidney , medicine , endocrinology , immunology , anatomy , biochemistry
Melano‐macrophage centres in the spleen and liver of platy Xiphophorus maculatus contain iron and may recycle iron compounds. The sinusoidal tissue in the platy spleen and trunk kidney can take up much foreign ferritin, and may clear the circulation for waste and foreign macromolecules and particles.