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The Effects of Progesterone Administration on Hepatic Endoplasmic Reticulum: An Electron Microscopic and Biochemical Study

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It is now well known that there are tiny membrane-limited channels ramifying throughout the cytoplasm of most cells. Porter (24) was the first to describe this lace-like reticulum of membranes with the electron microscope. Because of its association with the endoplasmic portion of the cell rather than the ectoplasm, it was referred to as the “endoplasmic reticulum” (25,26). In 1955, Fawcett (7) noted that two forms of the endoplasmic reticulum existed in the hepatic parenchymal cell. One form consisted of a system of membranes studded with ribosomes (rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum) and the other consisted of only a membranous network (smooth-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum).

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  1. Departments of Medicine and Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, USA

    A. L. Jones & J. B. Emans

  2. Department of Anatomy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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  1. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Hilton A. Salhanick (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Member) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Member)

  2. Center for Population Studies, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

    Hilton A. Salhanick (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Member) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Member)

  3. Washington University School of Medicine, USA

    David M. Kipnis (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

  4. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, USA

    Raymond L. Vande Wiele (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

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Jones, A.L., Emans, J.B. (1969). The Effects of Progesterone Administration on Hepatic Endoplasmic Reticulum: An Electron Microscopic and Biochemical Study. In: Salhanick, H.A., Kipnis, D.M., Wiele, R.L.V. (eds) Metabolic Effects of Gonadal Hormones and Contraceptive Steroids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1782-1_7

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