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Chromogranin‐ and Somatostatin‐containing Neuroendocrine Cells in the Porcine Uterus An Immunocytochemical Study
Author(s) -
Vittoria A.,
Paino G.,
Mura E. la,
Budetta G.,
Cecio A.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anatomia, histologia, embryologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1439-0264
pISSN - 0340-2096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1989.tb00589.x
Subject(s) - somatostatin , uterus , uterine horns , enteroendocrine cell , endometrium , endocrine system , immunohistochemistry , chromogranin a , epithelium , biology , medicine , endocrinology , pathology , hormone
Summary Endocrine cells scattered in organic mucosae were defined “Neuroendocrine” (NE) cells because they constitute a section of the Diffuse Neuroendocrine System (DNES). Such cells have never been evidentiated in the normal endometrium. By means of histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques NE celis, some of which contain the hormone somatostatin, are described in the glandular epithelium of the uterine horn in non‐pregnant, non‐castrated, young and adult sows. As is known, the uterine horn is the organ of pregnancy in the pig. The localization, distribution and morphology of the uterine NE and somatostatin‐containing cells are reported and the importance of their function, in the pregnant and non‐pregnant porcine uterus, is mooted.