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Immunohistochemical localization of chromogranin A and B in the endocrine cells of the alimentary tract of the green frog, Rana esculenta

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Novel monoclonal antibodies to human chromogranin A (CgA) and chromogranin B (CgB) were used to investigate the presence of immunoreactive (-IR) elements in the alimentary tract of the green frog Rana esculenta. Numerous CgA-IR and a few CgB-IR endocrine cells were found within the gut mucosa, from the oesophagus to the cloaca, with some local differences in density. Co-localization studies demonstrated that they were costored in almost all the serotonin-IR, the amylin-IR or islet amyloid polypeptide-IR cells and in the peptide tyrosine tyrosine-IR cells located proximal to the pylorus, but not in those located in more caudal tracts. No other co-localization was demonstrated; substances investigated included somatostatin, substance P, gastrin/cholecystokin, glucagon, glycentin, bombesin, secretin and neurotensin. CgA-IR and CgB-IR cells nearly always displayed argyrophilia with the Grimelius silver method

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  1. Institute of Human Anatomy, University “La Sapienza”, Via A.Borelli 50, I-00161, Rome, Italy

    Loredana D'Este & Tindaro Renda

  2. Third Chair of Morbid Anatomy, University of Milan, Via Commenda, 9, I-20100, Milan, Italy

    Roberto Buffa

  3. Scientific Institute “San Raffaele”, I-20100, Milan, Italy

    Micaela Pelagi & Antonio G. Siccardi

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D'Este, L., Buffa, R., Pelagi, M. et al. Immunohistochemical localization of chromogranin A and B in the endocrine cells of the alimentary tract of the green frog, Rana esculenta . Cell Tissue Res 277, 341–349 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327782

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