| 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 |
| 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 |
