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Following injection of high doses of horseradish peroxidase (HRP), mesenchymal cells distributed in the perisinusoidal space of the pars tuberalis of the hypophysis in cats, rabbits and Japanese quails, sequester the exogenously administrated peroxidase intensively. These cells are designated by the authors as “horseradish peroxidase-uptake cells” (HRP-uptake cells or HUC). HRP-uptake cells constitute a system of macrophages in the pars tuberalis of mammals and birds, and are located around the hypophysial portal veins. HRP-uptake cells differ in morphological and functional characteristics from similar cells in other parts of hypophysis. They are thought to play a role in the hypothalamic control of adenohypophysial secretion.
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Sano, Y., Murabe, Y. Morphological and functional peculiarities of mesenchymal cells in the pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland. Cell Tissue Res. 206, 171–180 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232761
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