Morphometric Study on the Fetal Thyroid Gland in the Nude Mouse (BALB/cAnNCrj-nu/nu)

Tomo INOMATA; Hiroyoshi NINOMIYA; Shizuo KAWAKAMI; Kazuko SAKAGUCHI; Katsuyasu SAKITA; Satoko AOYAMA; Mitsuyuki SHIRAI; Toshio MASAOKA; Fumiaki AKAHORI

doi:10.1538/expanim.45.385

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Morphometric Study on the Fetal Thyroid Gland in the Nude Mouse (BALB/cAnNCrj-nu/nu)

Tomo INOMATA, Hiroyoshi NINOMIYA, Shizuo KAWAKAMI, Kazuko SAKAGUCHI, Katsuyasu SAKITA, Satoko AOYAMA, Mitsuyuki SHIRAI, Toshio MASAOKA, Fumiaki AKAHORI

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キーワード: BALB/c-nu/nu, fetus, thyroid gland

ジャーナルオープンアクセス

1996 年 45 巻 4 号 p. 385-388

DOI https://doi.org/10.1538/expanim.45.385

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Fetal thyroid glands of athymic nude mice (BALB/cAnNCrj-nu/nu) were examined morphometrically on day 18 of gestation. Compared to euthymic litter mate controls (BALB/cAnNCrj-nu/+), both the cell height and diameter of thyroid follicles were significantly smaller; fewer well-developed follicles were found in the peripheral region of the thyroid; the body weight and total volume of the thyroid gland were also smaller in nude mice. These results suggest underdevelopment of the fetal thyroid gland of the athymic nude mouse.

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