[Adhesive stability of the ultrastructural elements of hepatocyte contacts]

A new method is suggested for the estimation of cell junction adhesion in the liver. It was shown that simple (spacing) junctions of hepatocytes consisted of low and high adhesive parts (sites). The hepatocyte junctions were positioned in the following sequence according to the increase of their adhesive durability; 1) low adhesive sites of simple junction and stude like junctions; 2) high adhesive sites of simple junction and desmosomes; 3) zonulae adherentes; 4) gap and tight junctions.