| Literature DB >> 15016300 |
Marina Scalia1, Cinzia Di Pietro, Mariangela Poma, Marco Ragusa, Giovanni Sichel, Concetta Corsaro.
Abstract
It was demonstrated that the spleen pigment cells of Amphibia are macrophages: they show an ultrastructurally distinctive morphology, are able to phagocytose and react positively for non-specific esterases. These pigmented macrophages express mRNA for tyrosinase and also they show dopa oxidase activity; therefore they are able to synthesize melanins, as Kupffer cells do.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15016300 DOI： 10.1046/j.1600-0749.2003.00115.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pigment Cell Res ISSN： 0893-5785