CHANGES IN UTERINE MAST CELL COUNT DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE IN THE MICE
- VernacularTitle:肥大细胞在小鼠子宫的分布及其在动情周期中变化的定量研究
- Author:
Ya JING
;
Zeyong HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Mast cell;
Cell count;
Estrous cycle;
Uterus;
Mouse
- From:
Acta Anatomica Sinica
1955;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Adult virgin female mice were killed at each stage of the estrous cycle. The mid pieces of uteri were taken and fixed in 4% neutral formaldehyde, and stained with 0.5% toluidine blue at pH 0.5. It was found that mast cells in uterus were mainly distributed in the myometrium, only a few in the endometrium. The mast cell number was maximum in metestrus and minimum in proestrus, and this difference was highly significant (P
