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. 1982;73(4):599-605.
doi: 10.1007/BF00493372.

Mucous cells of the tracheobronchial tree in the ferret

S Jacob, S Poddar

Mucous cells of the tracheobronchial tree in the ferret

S Jacob et al. Histochemistry. 1982.

Abstract

Mucosubstances in the tracheobronchial tree of the ferret were studied histochemically. The submucous glands contained predominantly neutral mucins. Scattered between these were cells containing sulphated mucins and sialidase-labile and sialidase-resistant sialomucins. Most of the goblet cells in the trachea, as well as those in the bronchi and larger bronchioles, contained sulphated mucins. A smaller proportion of the goblet cells showed sialidase-labile and sialidase-resistant sialomucins. It will be interesting to see whether ferrets can be used to produce animal models for hypersecretory diseases such as cystic fibrosis and chronic bronchitis.

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