Publication: Histological and three dimensional organizations of lymphoid tubules in normal lymphoid organ of Penaeus monodon
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2008-04-01
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10959947
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10504648
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Mahidol University
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Fish and Shellfish Immunology. Vol.24, No.4 (2008), 426-435
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Pornsawan Duangsuwan, Ittipon Phoungpetchara, Yotsawan Tinikul, Jaruwan Poljaroen, Chaitip Wanichanon, Prasert Sobhon Histological and three dimensional organizations of lymphoid tubules in normal lymphoid organ of Penaeus monodon. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. Vol.24, No.4 (2008), 426-435. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2007.12.011 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18746
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Histological and three dimensional organizations of lymphoid tubules in normal lymphoid organ of Penaeus monodon
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The normal lymphoid organ of Penaeus monodon (which tested negative for WSSV and YHV) was composed of two parts: lymphoid tubules and interstitial spaces, which were permeated with haemal sinuses filled with large numbers of haemocytes. There were three permanent types of cells present in the wall of lymphoid tubules: endothelial, stromal and capsular cells. Haemocytes penetrated the endothelium of the lymphoid tubule's wall to reside among the fixed cells. The outermost layer of the lymphoid tubule was covered by a network of fibers embedded in a PAS-positive extracellular matrix, which corresponded to a basket-like network that covered all the lymphoid tubules as visualized by a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Argyrophilic reticular fibers surrounded haemal sinuses and lymphoid tubules. Together they formed the scaffold that supported the lymphoid tubule. Using vascular cast and SEM, the three dimensional structure of the subgastric artery that supplies each lobe of the lymphoid organ was reconstructed. This artery branched into highly convoluted and blind-ending terminal capillaries, each forming the lumen of a lymphoid tubule around which haemocytes and other cells aggregated to form a cuff-like wall. Stromal cells which form part of the tubular scaffold were immunostained for vimentin. Examination of the whole-mounted lymphoid organ, immunostained for vimentin, by confocal microscopy exhibited the highly branching and convoluted lymphoid tubules matching the pattern of the vascular cast observed in SEM. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.