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Branched Cells in the Epidermis of the Sheep

Nature volume 209, pages 1357–1358 (1966)Cite this article

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BRANCHED cells positive for alkaline phosphatase, and which are darkened by osmium iodide, have been found in the epidermis of certain African primates1–3. Other dendritic cells have been revealed by gold impregnation and methylene blue in the non-pigmented epidermis of guinea-pigs, rabbits and man4, and by gold impregnation and electron microscopy in the epidermis of man5.

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  1. H. B. CHASE: Visiting C.S.I.R.O. Senior Research Fellow. Work was supported in part by a grant and a fellowship from the U.S. Public Health Service.

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  1. C.S.I.R.O. Division of Animal Physiology, Ian Clunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory, Prospect, New South Wales, Australia

    A. G. LYNE & H. B. CHASE

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LYNE, A., CHASE, H. Branched Cells in the Epidermis of the Sheep. Nature 209, 1357–1358 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2091357b0

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