Ito Cells - Ito Cells

Japanese: 伊東細胞 - いとうさいぼう

...Since then, the cells that feed on foreign substances in the sinusoidal capillary walls of the liver have come to be called Kupffer stellate cells. However, in the 1960s, Kiyoshi Suzuki and Kenjiro Wake clarified that the cells first reported by Kupffer were fat-storing cells discovered by Toshio Ito, that is, Ito cells (cells located between the endothelium and liver cells that take up and store fat or vitamin A). However, currently, the cells that feed on foreign substances and are located in the sinusoidal capillary endothelium of the liver are called Kupffer stellate cells. ...

From [Reticulum tissue]

…The spleen contains many macrophages, lymphocytes, and various blood cells. Ito cells are also found in the Disse space of the liver. The bone marrow contains many hematopoietic cells at various stages. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ito cells" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以後，肝臓の洞様毛細血管壁において異物をたべこむ細胞をクッパー星細胞というならわしになっている。ところが，1960年代に鈴木清と和気健二郎は，最初にクッパーの発表した細胞は伊東俊夫が見いだした脂肪摂取細胞，すなわち，伊東細胞(内皮と肝細胞の間に位置し，脂肪あるいはビタミンAをとりこみ貯蔵する細胞)にあたることを明らかにした。しかし現在では，肝臓の洞様毛細血管内皮の位置にあり，異物をたべこむ細胞をクッパー星細胞とよんでいる。…