1. ULTRASTRUCTURAL CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE FUNCTIONAL INTEGRITY OF ENDOCRINE CELLS IN VITRO
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Milner Aj and Hamilton Dw
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Enteroendocrine cell ,In Vitro Techniques ,Vas Deferens ,Endocrinology ,Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ,Adrenal Cortex Hormones ,Internal medicine ,Adrenal Glands ,medicine ,Animals ,Testosterone ,Epididymis ,Chemistry ,General Medicine ,In vitro ,Rats ,Cell biology ,Organoids ,Microscopy, Electron ,Functional integrity ,Chloramphenicol ,Ultrastructure - Abstract
The morphological and biochemical evidence supporting a relationship between structure and function has been examined for those endocrine cells involved in steroid biosynthesis. Recent evidence indicating that this relationship may not be a simple one has been presented and the usefulness of a morphological approach in assessing the functional activity of cells is discussed.
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- 1971
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