Apical tubules in marginal cells of the
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Sagara, Tetsuya ;Fujimura, Takeyuki ;Furukawa, Hiroshi ;Doi, Yoshiaki ;Nishino,
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background: Apical tubules (ATs) in marginal cells (MCs) of the stria vascularis appear in limited stages of differentiation of the MCs, but their origin and roles remain uncertain. The present study was designed to solve the problem of whether the ATs are intracellular compartments derived from the