| Literature DB >> 3366655 |
J B Warchol1, C Pilgrim, W J Ginda, R Brelińska.
Abstract
Wistar rats were injected intraperitoneally with 2-(14C)deoxyglucose and their thymuses were processed for thaw-mount autoradiography after 5, 10 or 35 min. Highest levels of radioactivity were demonstrated in the thymic medulla (5-fold higher than in the cortex). Scanning of autoradiograms for regional differences in grain densities indicated particularly intense glucose utilization in the cortico-medullary zone. Differences in glucose utilization between individual thymic zones seem to reflect differences in cellular composition, i.e., ratio of stroma cells to thymocytes.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3366655 DOI: 10.1007/bf00570326
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Histochemistry ISSN: 0301-5564