Folliculostellate cells of pituitary gland, light micrograph

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Folliculostellate cells of pituitary gland, light micrograph. In addition to hormone-secreting cells, the anterior lobe of the pituitary contains a cell type, folliculo-stellate cells, of unclear function, but probably supportive. These cells appear in all species and are characterized by vimentin-rich filaments. This image shows folliculo-stellate cells in a rabbit pituitary stained with an immunohistochemistry (IHC) technique to detect vimentin.

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Keywords: -, biological, biology, folliculo-stellate, gland, histological, histology, hypophysis, ihq, immunohistochemical, light, micrograph, microscope, microscopic, microscopy, pituitary, section, vimentin