Journal article
Development of interstitial cells of Cajal in a full-term infant without an enteric nervous system
Abstract
The relationship between the development of the enteric nervous system and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) in the human small intestine was investigated in a full-term infant who presented with intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Immunohistochemistry revealed absence of enteric nerves and ganglia but abundant c-Kit immunoreactivity associated with Auerbach's plexus (ICC-AP). However, c-Kit immunoreactivity associated with the deep muscular plexus …
Authors
Huizinga JD; Berezin I; Sircar K; Hewlett B; Donnelly G; Bercik P; Ross C; Algofi T; Fitzgerald P; Der T
Journal
Gastroenterology, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 561–567
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2001
DOI
10.1053/gast.2001.21200
ISSN
0016-5085