Journal of International Business Studies 1961
The Origin of the Ponceau-fuchsinophilic Cells of the Human Adrenal Cortex and Their Progressive and Regressive Changes in the Fetal and Postnatal Periods
Abstract
There has been a remarkable advance in recent studies of histological and functional zonation of the adrenal cortex. The structures and histological changes of the organ in reference to its functional siginificance have likewise been elucidat ed gradually.19), 11 ), 14), 16) Much is thus known about the morphology of the fetal cortex of the adrenal and its possible physiological functions, of which androgen secretion is recognized for a long time.", 2),3),12) The first remark in this field was made by Vines18) (1933), who studied the correlation between fuchsinophil materials of the adrenal and androgen secretion. Later investigations of Carnes,7) Gersh and Grollman8) could not confirm androgen in the extracts of fetal adrenal. However, Zinsser and Zinsser20) considered the material, which was positive for ponceau-fuchsin staining, as ketosteroid-protein complex. In any way, it must be acknowledged that the fetal cortex secretes steroid in intra-uterine period and the ponceau-fuchsin granule is one of the indications of its functional activities. Though the granule is specific for the fetal cortex, little is known about the course of its development. According to Botella-Llusia,4) Jones,' Neumann,13) Rotter15) and other investigators, the fetal cortex is maintained by chorionic Origin of Ponceau-fuchsinophilie Cells of Human Adrenal Cortex 119
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- 10.1620/tjem.73.118
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