Kupffer cell

…Lysosomes are abundant in the cytoplasm, and the rough endoplasmic reticulum is positive for endogenous peroxidase activity. Kupffer cells were previously thought to be derived from endothelial cells and to have a strong phagocytic activity, but today the prevailing theory is that they are derived from monocytes, and like other macrophages, they are considered to be a type of mononuclear phagocyte. Stellate cells, also known as vitamin A-storing cells, are connective tissue cells that exist in the Disse space and surround the sinusoidal wall with their stellate processes. …

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…細胞質内にはリソソームが豊富で，粗面小胞体には内因性ペルオキシダーゼ活性が陽性である。クッパー細胞Kupffer cellは，以前は内皮細胞に由来し，食作用が旺盛となった細胞と考えられていたが，今日では単球由来説が有力であり，他の大食細胞(マクロファージ)と同様，単球性食細胞mononuclear phagocytesの一員とされる。星細胞stellate cellはビタミンA貯蔵細胞ともいい，ディッセ腔に存在する結合組織性細胞で，星状の突起で類洞壁をとりまいている。…

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