Immunohistochemical demonstration of somatostatin-positive cells in the canine gut.

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Tohoku University Medical Press in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Vol. 121 (1) , 85-90
https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.121.85

Abstract

Somatostatin-immunoreactive cells in the canine gut were investigated by an indirect immunofluorescent technique. Somatostatin-positive cells were demonstrated in the neck portion of the pyloric gland and in the bottom of the intestinal crypt. These cells were distinguished from those in other organs by the presence of a cytoplasmic process reaching the gut lumen (external environment). Possible functional meaning of this cytoplasmic process was discussed.