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Round granules about 200 Å in diameter have been observed in the sinusoids bordering cells of human liver and possibly also in the hepatocytes. These granules clustered together to form clumps 0.3 μ in diameter, are enclosed in a fine cytoplasmic membrane, and are very similar in appearance to the so-called “monoparticulate” glycogen present in cells of extrahepatic tissues. These granules are of glycogenic nature as shown by their sensitivity to a prolonged diastase treatment.
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Babudieri, B., Fagiolo, U. & Tangucci, F. Monoparticulate glycogen in human liver. Histochemie 15, 184–186 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306367
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306367