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Subcellular alterations in cortisone treated rat lungs

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Lungs from cortisone treated rats were examined under the electron microscope. Major alterations appeared in the mitochondria; changes in the endoplasmatic reticulum and basement membranes were also observed. Isolated features noticed were extracellular and intracellular lattice structures, crystalloid formation, swelling of the Golgi apparatus and nuclear damage.

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  1. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    C. N. Sun & Suzanne Saueressig

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This investigation was supported in part by an American Cancer Society Institutional Grant.

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Sun, C.N., Saueressig, S. Subcellular alterations in cortisone treated rat lungs. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 67, 718–722 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00340333

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