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. 1995 Apr;10(2):301-4.

Cilia in the porcine bile ductule: motile or sensory?

C Gilroy  1 , A Singh, E Shahidi
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  • PMID: 7599429

Cilia in the porcine bile ductule: motile or sensory?

C Gilroy et al. Histol Histopathol. 1995 Apr.

Abstract

Oligociliated epithelial cells or cells with a solitary cilium were observed lining hepatic bile ductules in pigs. The cilia were situated in the midst of microvilli, and arose from a basal body that was located in the vicinity of the free surface of the epithelium. The axonemal pattern revealed in transverse sections of the cilia was 7 + 1, 8 + 1, 8 + 2 or 9 + 0, Although devoid of the classical axoneme pattern, we assume some of the cilia to be motile, and other to be sensory structures that would assist bile formation and secretion.

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