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Cryosectioning Method for Microdissection of Murine Colonic Mucosa
Published on: July 12, 2015
Nonrandom distribution of goblet cells around the circumference of colonic crypt
Abstract:
The ascending colon of the guinea pig was cut serially and stained with the periodic-acid-Schiff-hematoxylin method. Maps of transversely sectioned crypts were prepared using a microscopic eye-piece projector. The number and angular positions of goblet cells were mapped around the circumference of transverse sections of the crypt. A method of the "statistics of the circumference" was introduced in order to assess the pattern of distribution of goblet cells. This distribution was found to be significantly nonrandom. The nonrandomness is such that the goblet cells tend to occupy positions of the crypt circumference in maximal distances from each other.
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