APOPTOSIS IN THE NORMAL OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM OF THE ADULT GUINEA-PIG

Authors
NAKAGAWA T AIBA T SHIOTANI H TOMIYAMA K NAKAI Y
Citation
T. Nakagawa et al., APOPTOSIS IN THE NORMAL OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM OF THE ADULT GUINEA-PIG, European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology, 253(6), 1996, pp. 371-373
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09374477
Volume
253
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
371 - 373
Database
ISI
SICI code
0937-4477(1996)253:6<371:AITNOE>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Among nerve cells of vertebrates, the olfactory epithelia are uncommon in their capacity for cell turnover. Apoptosis is well known to play a key role in maintaining homeostasis in continuously renewing tissues . We examined whether true apoptosis occurred in the normal olfactory epithelia of healthy adult guinea pigs using nucleic acid labeling. Su bsequently, apoptosis was recognized in olfactory nerve cells, indicat ing that apoptosis might play a role in turnover of the olfactory epit helium.