Mucous Cell Types
1986 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 1-5
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1986 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 1-5
Summary: The authors performed complex carbohydrate histochemistry on the mucous cells of the Japanese macacue and concluded the following:
1. Mucous cells are considered to have neutral, weak and strong acid mucopolysaccharides (type I). However, another type exists which lacks strong acid mucopolysaccharides (type II).2. A. B. (pH 1.0 and 0.5), LID-A. B. (pH 2.5) and HID-A. B. (ph 2.5) methods distinctly demonstrate the presence of the two types of mucous cells.
3. The reaction of A. B. (pH 23) is stronger in type I than in type II. Therefore, this technique can distinguish type I from type II.
4. There is no remarkable difference in reaction to neutral mucopolysaccarides between type I and type II.
5. The reactio n to weak acid mucopolysaccharide is slightly weaker in type II than in type I.
6. Both types of mucous cell contain acid mucous of types I and II, and type I mucous cells have type III acid mucous.
