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Immunocytological study of the distribution of C-cells calcitonin in the thyroid gland of the normal adult gerbil

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The distribution of C-cells in the thyroid gland of the gerbil (Meriones inguiculatus) was studied on serial sections in the cranio-caudal direction. C-cells were visualized by immunofluorescence with an anti-calcitonin immune serum. A very heterogeneous distribution was found C-cells first appear in the posterio-interior position. Then they progressively occupy the whole posterior part and finally are confined to the posterio-exterior position. No C-cells at all were detected in the upper and lower poles. According to the species, there is a wide variation in the relative distribution of C-cells in the thyroid gland. Our results add to the information available about the distribution of C-cells and its bearing on phylogenic evolution.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biophysique Médicale, U.E.R. de Médecine, B.P. 3223, F-37032, Tours, France

    D. Guilloteau, F. Fetissof, L. Renjard, M-P. Dubois & J-C. Besnard

  2. Laboratoire d'Anatomie-Pathologique, U.E.R. de Médecine, F-37032, Tours, France

    D. Guilloteau, F. Fetissof, L. Renjard, M-P. Dubois & J-C. Besnard

  3. Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie sexuelle, I.N.R.A., F-37380, Nouzilly, France

    D. Guilloteau, F. Fetissof, L. Renjard, M-P. Dubois & J-C. Besnard

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Acknowledgments. The authors are greatly indebted to Mrs M-Ch. Pejot and to Mr D. Cox for advice.

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Guilloteau, D., Fetissof, F., Renjard, L. et al. Immunocytological study of the distribution of C-cells calcitonin in the thyroid gland of the normal adult gerbil. Experientia 39, 876–878 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01990414

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