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The ultrastructural distribution of hyaluronate in the nasal mucosa of Wistar rats, especially in secretory cells, was examined by hyaluronidase-gold labeling using electron microscopy. The main secretor of hyaluronate in the nasal mucosa was found to be the goblet cells and not the nasal glands.
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Tachibana, M., Morioka, H. A hyaluronate secretor in the nasal mucosa: a cytochemical study using hyaluronidase-gold. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 247, 237–239 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178993
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