LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Distribution and morphology of ghrelin-immunopositive cells in the liver of the African ostrich

Jia-xiang, Wang; Peng, Li; Xiao-ting, Zhang; Li-xun, Ye.

Int. j. morphol; 35 (4), 2017

SUMMARY: Ghrelin is the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, and has been found in the liver of multiple vertebrates. While ghrelin has been identified in the gastrointestinal tract of African ostrich chicks, little is known regarding its distribution in the liver of the Africa...

Struthioniformes/anatomía & histología, Hígado/citología, Ghrelina/metabolismo, Inmunohistoquímica

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Distribution and morphology of ghrelin-immunopositive cells in the thymus of the African ostrich

Wang, Jia-xiang; Li, Peng; Zhang, Xiao-ting; Ye, Li-xun.

Int. j. morphol; 35 (2), 2017

Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has been detected in the thymus of multiple vertebrates. However, little is known about its distribution in the thymus of the African ostrich. In this study, we evaluated the distribution and morphological characteristics of ghre...

Struthioniformes, Timo/metabolismo, Ghrelina/metabolismo, Inmunohistoquímica, Timo/anatomía & histología

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