A systematic histochemical investigation in mammals of the dense glycocalyx glycosylations common to all cells bordering the interstitial fluid compartment of the brain
PL Debbage - Acta histochemica, 1996 - Elsevier
Microanatomical evidence is presented that the intercellular fluid (ICF) compartment of the
central nervous tissue is lined entirely and exclusively by heavily glycosylated cells, with
glycoconjugates exposed primarily at the apical cell surface, fronting the CSF or blood. On
both common ependymal cells and on those specialised to form the choroid plexus
epithelium, oligosaccharides coat the cilia and microvilli at the apical surface, and also the
smoother lateral and basal cell surfaces. In the ependyma, folded and wrinkled structures …
central nervous tissue is lined entirely and exclusively by heavily glycosylated cells, with
glycoconjugates exposed primarily at the apical cell surface, fronting the CSF or blood. On
both common ependymal cells and on those specialised to form the choroid plexus
epithelium, oligosaccharides coat the cilia and microvilli at the apical surface, and also the
smoother lateral and basal cell surfaces. In the ependyma, folded and wrinkled structures …