Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich

Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has been detected in the thymus of multiple vertebrates. However, little is known about its distribution in the thymus of the African ostrich. In this study, we evaluated the distribution and morphological characteristics of...

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Autores principales:	Wang,Jia-xiang, Li,Peng, Zhang,Xiao-ting, Ye,Li-xun
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2017
Materias:	African ostrich Ghrelin Thymus Immunohistochemistry
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220170002000262017-08-07Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African OstrichWang,Jia-xiangLi,PengZhang,Xiao-tingYe,Li-xun African ostrich Ghrelin Thymus Immunohistochemistry Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has been detected in the thymus of multiple vertebrates. However, little is known about its distribution in the thymus of the African ostrich. In this study, we evaluated the distribution and morphological characteristics of ghrelin-producing cells in the thymus of the African ostrich. Our results revealed that the thymus consists of a capsule and a parenchyma, which comprises the cortex and medulla. Compared to the cortex, the medulla had a fewer number of thymocytes and a greater number of epithelial cells. Additionally, three thymic corpuscles were identified. Ghrelin-immunopositive (ghrelin-ip) cells were detected both in the cortex and medulla of the African ostrich thymus, specifically within epithelial cells and thymic corpuscles. On the other hand, no ghrelin-ip cells were detected within thymocytes. These results clearly demonstrate the presence of ghrelin-ip cells in the thymus of the African ostrich.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.35 n.2 20172017-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000200026en10.4067/S0717-95022017000200026
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spellingShingle	African ostrich Ghrelin Thymus Immunohistochemistry Wang,Jia-xiang Li,Peng Zhang,Xiao-ting Ye,Li-xun Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich
description	Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue receptor, has been detected in the thymus of multiple vertebrates. However, little is known about its distribution in the thymus of the African ostrich. In this study, we evaluated the distribution and morphological characteristics of ghrelin-producing cells in the thymus of the African ostrich. Our results revealed that the thymus consists of a capsule and a parenchyma, which comprises the cortex and medulla. Compared to the cortex, the medulla had a fewer number of thymocytes and a greater number of epithelial cells. Additionally, three thymic corpuscles were identified. Ghrelin-immunopositive (ghrelin-ip) cells were detected both in the cortex and medulla of the African ostrich thymus, specifically within epithelial cells and thymic corpuscles. On the other hand, no ghrelin-ip cells were detected within thymocytes. These results clearly demonstrate the presence of ghrelin-ip cells in the thymus of the African ostrich.
author	Wang,Jia-xiang Li,Peng Zhang,Xiao-ting Ye,Li-xun
author_facet	Wang,Jia-xiang Li,Peng Zhang,Xiao-ting Ye,Li-xun
author_sort	Wang,Jia-xiang
title	Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich
title_short	Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich
title_full	Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich
title_fullStr	Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich
title_full_unstemmed	Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich
title_sort	distribution and morphology of ghrelin-immunopositive cells in the thymus of the african ostrich
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2017
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000200026
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Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich

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