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Light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of thyroglobulin in the thyroid gland of the anadromous sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L., during its upstream migration

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Antibodies made against thyroglobulin (TG) were used in an immunocytochemical study for the light and electron microscopic localization of TG in the thyroid gland of the anadromous sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, during its upstream migration. TG was found in the follicular lumen and in some colloid droplets within the follicular cells. Except for an immunoreactive product observed in a small portion of the interstitial connective tissue, the location of TG in the lamprey was similar to that in the thyroid of the rat.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Glenda M. Wright, M. F. Filosa & J. H. Youson

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Supported by National Research Council of Canada Grant no. A5945 to J.H.Y. We thank Dr. F.W.W. Beamish and Mr. R. Robinson who helped in the capture of the lamprey

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Wright, G.M., Filosa, M.F. & Youson, J.H. Light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of thyroglobulin in the thyroid gland of the anadromous sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L., during its upstream migration. Cell Tissue Res. 187, 473–478 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00229611

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