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Primo Bundles Identified by Microcomputed Tomography in Primo Vascular Tissue on the Surface of Rat Abdominal Organs
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- Issue Date
- 2020-08
- Publisher
- 사단법인약침학회
- Citation
- Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies, Vol.13 No.4, pp.136-145
- Abstract
- Background: The primo vascular system (PVS) is a novel network composed of primo nodes (PNs) and primo vessels (PVs). Currently, its anatomy is not fully understood. Objectives: The aim of this study was to elucidate the three-dimensional PN-PV structure. Methods: Organ-surface PVS tissue was isolated from healthy and anemic rats. The tissues were analyzed by X-ray microcomputed tomography (CT), hematoxylin and eosin staining, and scanning electron microscopy. Results: From CT images, we identified one or more bundles in a PV. In the PN, the bundles were enlarged and existed in isolation and/or in anastomosis. The transverse CT images revealed four areas of distinct intensities: zero, low, intermediate, and high. The first two were considered to be the sinuses and the subvessels of the PVS and were identified in the hematoxylin and eosin-stained PN sections. The enlargement of the PN from anemic rats was associated with an increase in the intermediate-intensity area. The high-intensity area demarcated the bundle and was overlapped with the mesothelial cells. In scanning electron microscopy, the PV bundles branched out, tapering down to a single bundle at some distance from the PN. Each bundle was composed of several subvessels (-5 mm). Clustered round microcells (1-25 mm), scattered flat oval cells (-15 mm), and amorphous extracellular matrix were observed on the surface of the PVS tissue. Conclusions: The results newly showed that the primo bundle is a structural unit of both PVs and PNs. A bundle was demarcated by high CT intensity and mesothelial cells and consisted of multiple subvessels. The PN bundles contained also sinuses. (c) 2020 Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute, Publishing services by Elsevier B.V.
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- 2005-2901
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