CROHNS-DISEASE - TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDIES .2. IMMUNOLOGICAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE - ALTERATIONS OF MAST-CELLS, BASOPHILS, EOSINOPHILS, AND THE MICROVASCULATURE
CROHNS-DISEASE - TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPIC STUDIES .2. IMMUNOLOGICAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE - ALTERATIONS OF MAST-CELLS, BASOPHILS, EOSINOPHILS, AND THE MICROVASCULATURE
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DOI:
10.1016/s0046-8177(80)80072-4
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
DICKERSIN, GR
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作者:
DVORAK, AM;MONAHAN, RA;DICKERSIN, GR
Transmission electron microscopy [TEM] was done using surgically resected specimens from 12 patients with Crohn''s disease and 3 control subjects. Nonuclerated involved areas of ileum and proximal, grossly uninvolved resection margins were chosen for study. Specimens for TEM were prepared for viewing by a variety of techniques. Epon embedded blocks (605) were studied by light microscopy and 112 of these were viewed in TEM. The number of mast cells was markedly increased, and they were found predominantly in edematous submucosa and between smooth muscle cells in the muscular coats of the involved gut. Evidence of focal and complete degranulation of mast cells was frequently seen. Basophilic leukocytes, some of which had degranulated, were identified. Another frequently encountered cell, the esoinophil, showed changes in the granules, which might reflect the release of eosinophil granule materials. Eosinophils contained an increased number of small dense granules of the arylsulfatase containing type. Eosinophils, basophils and mast cells formed close associations. Evidence of acute and chronic damage to vascular endothelia was present. Small lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages and epithelioid cells were present; multinucleated giant cells were infrequently encountered; and lymphoblasts were rarely seen.