Summary
The author studied the course of aseptic inflammation produced by passing a foreign body (sterile contton thread soaked in carmine) through all the layers of the uterine wall in the white rat.
The phagocytic and inflammatory reactions of the uterine wall showed highly distinctive characteristics in the following groups of rats: 12 days old, 1 1/2 months old, sexually mature (in estrus), pregnant (7th–14th day), and immediately postpartum. The rate of formation of the connective tissue capsule was different at various stages of ontogenesis, as was the rate of appearance of giant cells.
Of great importance in the regenerative and inflammatory reactions of uterine wall tissues (especially in 12-day-old rats) are erythrocytic extravasations, which cause temporary tissue disintegration with subsequent rapid regeneration of the injured areas.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
Literature Cited
I. G. Mikhailova, Abstracts of Reports to the Scientific Conference in Honor of the 75th Anniversary of I. I. Mechnikov's Theory of Phagocytosis (Odessa, 1958), p. 47 [In Russian].
B. P. Tokin, The Immunity of Embryos (Leningrad, 1955) [In Russian].
C. R. Austin, J. Endocrinol.14, 335 (1957).
W. G. Black, G. Otto, and L. E. Casida, Endocrinology49, 237 (1951).
M. Henderson, Proc. Roy. Soc. Ser. B.142, 88 (1954).
V. E. Jones, Quart. J. Micr. Sc.88, 479 (1947).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Tsien-Ch'ang, L. Morphological reaction of uterine wall tissues of the white rat to a foreign body. Bull Exp Biol Med 49, 198–200 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00788791
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00788791