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Thyroid hormone regulation of granular intercalated duct cells in the submandibular glands of female mice.
Odontology - 1 Sept 2003
Kurabuchi Shingo
Abstract excerpt
Intercalated ducts (IDs) in the submandibular glands (SMGs) of mice exhibit a sexual dimorphism, in which a few cells in the IDs of females, but not of males, possess secretory granules. The effects of a hypophysectomy (Hypox) followed by the administration of triiodo- l-thyronine (T3) on such granular intercalated duct (GID) cells in the female gland were histologically examined. Semithin sections stained with...
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