TY - JOUR A1 - , T1 - Dendritic cells in the human ileum: A light microscopic zinc iodide-osmium study JO - Eur. J. Anat. SN - 1136-4890 Y1 - 2003 VL - 7 SP - 127 EP - 130 UR - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=03030127 KW - osmium KW - zinc oxide KW - article KW - cancer surgery KW - dendritic cell KW - human KW - human tissue KW - ileum KW - intestine carcinoma KW - intestine crypt KW - intestine epithelium KW - lamina propria KW - microscopy KW - phenotype KW - staining N2 - The presence of dendritic cells in human and animal epithelium and subepithelial tissue is demonstrated. The present study used human ileal specimens, resected for carcinoma, and revealed zinc iodide-osmium positive dendritic cells in the crypts of Lieberkühn and throughout the lamina propria. There were more cells in the lamina propria than in the crypts. Dendritic cells were polygonal with multiple short, thick processes in the lamina propria and were triangular, often with a single long process directed toward the crypt lumen, in the crypts. The cells did not have a typical, mature phenotype. ER -