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University of Ioannina

ΜΕΤΑΤΡΙΧΟΕΙΔΗ ΦΛΕΒΙΔΙΑ: ΜΕΤΑΒΟΛΕΣ ΕΝΔΟΘΗΛΙΑΚΩΝ ΚΥΤΤΑΡΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΟΙΣΤΡΟΓΟΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΟΙΣΤΡΟΓΟΝΑ ΣΕ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥΣ

Abstract

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THE ALTERATIONS OF LYMPH NODE POST-CAPILLARY VENULES (PCV) RESULTED FROM TREATMENT OF MALE MICE WITH ESTROGENS AND ANTIESTROGENS WERE STUDIED, LIGHT - AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPICALLY. ESTROGENS RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF THE HEIGHT OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN PCV ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUGMENTATION OF GOLGI APPARATUS. ANTI-ESTROGENS INDEPENDENT OF DOSES EVOKE SOMEWHAT SMALLER THAN ESTROGENSINCREASE OF PCV ENDOTHELIAL CELL HEIGHT. FURTHER TREATMENT WITH ESTROGENS EVOKES AN INSIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT INCREASE. ANTI- ESTROGENS RESULT IN PROLIFERATION AND AUGMENTATION OF MITOCHONDRIA, FREE RIBOSOMES AND ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM. ADDITION OF ESTROGENS INCREASES THE PROFILES OF GOLGI APPARATUSLESS THAN WHEN THEY ARE GIVEN ALONE. ESTROGENS AND LARGE DOSES OF ANTIESTROGENS DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THE THYMUS WEIGHT. SMALL DOSES OF ANTIESTROGENS ACTION ON THYMUS (AND T-LYMPHOCYTES) CANNOT BE EXPLAINED INDIRECTLY BY BLOCKING RECEPTORS IN HYPOPHYSIS. A DIRECT ACTION OF ANTI-ESTROGENS ON THE THYMOUS MUST BE CONSIDERED. THE ABOVE FINDING ARE NEW AND ADDITIONAL PROOF THAT ESTROGENS AND ANTI- ESTROGENS, AS WELL, INFLUENCE THE STRUCTURAL STATUS OF PCV ENDOTHELIAL CELL DIRECTLY AND NOT ALTERING THE RATE OF CIRCULATING T- LYMPHOCYTES THROUGHTHE PCV WALL.

Degree

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University of Ioannina
Year dc:date
1986

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Στεφανάκη-Νίκου, Στυλιανή

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0260
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0260

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2026-07-24
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citation

Στεφανάκη-Νίκου, Στυλιανή. ΜΕΤΑΤΡΙΧΟΕΙΔΗ ΦΛΕΒΙΔΙΑ: ΜΕΤΑΒΟΛΕΣ ΕΝΔΟΘΗΛΙΑΚΩΝ ΚΥΤΤΑΡΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΟΙΣΤΡΟΓΟΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΙΟΙΣΤΡΟΓΟΝΑ ΣΕ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥΣ. University of Ioannina, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0260