Title |
Thymus cortex (rat, young adult) |
Creator |
Poels, Lambert G. |
Contributor |
Lambert G. Poels, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen; Paul H. K. Jap, PhD, UMC St Radboud Nijmegen |
Date |
2010-06-11 |
Subject |
epithelioreticular cell II ; desmosome; MHC-II expression; lymphoid tissue |
Description |
Electron microscopy. Two epithelioreticular cells type II or TEC2 (1) show the characteristic vacuoles (*) partly filled with granules (thymulin, lymphokines). At (--><--) small desmosomes. Apart from the mitochondria electron-dense lysosomal structures are present as well as tonofilaments (1, keratins). These TEC2 display strong MHC-II expression and are thus involved in CD4-interaction and selection of T cells. |
Subtype |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Rights |
https://rightsstatements.org/page/CNE/1.0/ |
Collection |
Poja Histology Collection - Lymphatic Tissues and Organs Subset |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t1860t |
Setname |
ehsl_heal |
ID |
890946 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t1860t |