Epithelial and PGP9.5-immunoreactive cells of Malassez epithelium in the periodontal ligament of cats: a transmission electron microscopic study

References

• Ten Cate AR. Development of the tooth and its supporting tissues. Oral histology/development-structure-function5th edn. Mosby, St. Louis 1998; 78–103
   Google Scholar
• Valderhaug JP, Nylén MU. Function of epithelial rests as suggested by their ultrastructure. J Periodontal Res 1966; 1: 69–78
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Hamamoto Y, Suzuki I, Nakajima T, Ozawa H. Ultrastructure of epithelial rests of Malassez in human periodontal ligament. Arch Oral Biol 1989; 34: 179–85
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lambrichts I, Creemers J, Van Steenberghe D. Periodontal neural endings intimately relate to epithelial rests of Malassez in humans. A light and electron microscope study. J Anat 1993; 182: 153–62
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heyeraas KJ, Kvinnsland IH, Byers MR, Jacobsen EB. Nerve fibres immunoreactive to protein gene products 9.5, calcitonin gene related peptide, substance P and neuropeptide Y in the dental pulp, periodontal ligament and gingival in cats. Acta Odontol Scand 1993; 51: 207–21
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kvinnsland IH, Tadokoro O, Heyeraas KJ, Kozawa Y, Vandevska-Radunovic V. Neuroendcrine cells in Malassez epithelium and gingiva of the cat. Acta Odontol Scand 2000; 58: 107–12
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tadokoro O, Maeda T, Heyeraas KJ, Vandevska-Radunovic V, Kozawa Y, Hals Kvinnsland I. Merkel-like cells in Malassez epithelium in the periodontal ligament of cats: an immunohistochemical and confocal-laser scanning and immuno electron-microscopic investigation. J Periodontal Res 2002; 37: 456–63
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tadokoro O, Inoue K, Maeda T, Kozawa Y, Hals Kvinnsland I, Vandevska-Radunovic V. Merkel cells in Malassez epithelium. The Merkel cell/structure-development-cancerogenesis, KI Baumann, Z Halata, I Moll. Springer, Berlin 2003; 29–32
   Google Scholar
• Halata Z, Grim M, Baumann KI. Friedrich Sigmund Merkel and his “Merkel cell”, morphology, development, and physiology: review and new results. Anat Rec 2003; 271: 225–39
   Google Scholar
• Tachibana T, Nawa T. Recent progress in studies on Merkel cell biology. Anatomical Sci Int 2002; 77: 26–33
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Stan RV. Structure and function of endothelial caveolae. Microsc Res Tech 2002; 57: 350–64
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stan RV. Structure of caveolae. Biochim Biophys Acta 2005; 1746: 334–48
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hamamoto Y, Nakajima T, Ozawa H. Ultrastructual and histochemical study on the morphogenesis of epithelial rests of Malassez. Arch Histol Cytol 1989; 52: 61–70
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Birek P, Wang HM, Brunette DM, Melcher AH. Epithelial rests of Malassez in vitro. Phagocytosis of collagen and the possible role of their lysosomal enzymes in collagen degradation. Lab Invest 1980; 43: 61–72
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pital S, Hekmati M, Metzger Z, Savion N. Epithelial-connective tissue interaction on the tooth surface: an in vitro model. J Periodontal Res 1991; 57: 311–17
   Google Scholar
• Uitto VJ, Larjava H, Peltonen J, Brunette DM. Expression of fibronectin and integrins in cultured periodontal ligament epithelial cells. J Dent Res 1992; 71: 1203–11
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Tadokoro O, Vandevska-Randunovic V, Inoue K. Epithelial cell rests of Malassez and OX6-immunopositive cells in the periodontal ligament of rat molars: a light and transmission electron microscope study. Anat Rec 2008; 291: 242–53
   Google Scholar
• Tadokoro O, Kawahara I, Vandevska-Radunovic V, Inoue K. Distribution of epithelial cells and their relationship to immunocompetent cells in rat molars: a confocal and transmission electron microscope study. J Histochem Cytochem 2009; 57: 315–25
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Hamamoto Y, Hamamoto N, Nakajima T, Ozawa H. Morphological changes of epithelial rests of Malassez in rat molars induced by local administration of N-methylnitrosourea. Arch Oral Biol 1998; 11: 899–906
   Google Scholar
• Millar BJ, Halata Z, Linden RW. The structure of physiologically located periodontal ligament mechanoreceptors of the cat canine tooth. J Anat 1989; 167: 117–27
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cash RM, Linden RW. The distribution of mechanoreceptors in the periodontal ligament of the mandibular canine tooth of the cat. J Physiol 1982; 330: 439–47
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kawahara I, Takano Y, Sato O, Maeda T, Kannari K. Histochemical and immunohistochemical demonstration of macrophages and dendritic cells in the lingual periodontal ligament of rat incisors. Arch Histol Cytol 1992; 55: 211–17
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kan L, Okiji T, Kaneko T, Suda H. Localization and density of myeloid leucocytes in the periodontal ligament of normal rat molars. Arch Oral Biol 2001; 46: 509–20
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Listgarten MA. Cell rests in the periodontal ligament of mouse molars. J Periodontal Res 1975; 10: 197–202
   PubMedGoogle Scholar