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a tiny cavity filled with fluid in the cytoplasm of a cell

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Rimmed vacuoles appeared in some atrophy fibers in various amounts and shapes, and the particles in vacuoles were basophilic [Figure 1]a.
The axoplasma were generally more intense than normal and filled with small vacuoles. The transverse and longitudinal sections of the neurofilaments were observed.
Cytoplasmic vacuoles in SRSCT are negative for periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), Alcian blue, mucicarmine, Hale colloidal iron, Sudan III, oil red O, and Nile blue.
Intracellular inclusions (parasitophorous vacuoles) in the epithelia of the mantle, gills, labial palps, and digestive tract were observed; these tissues were different in respect of uninfected tissues (negative control) on cellular appearance (Fig.
In a human study, it has been shown that the freezing process is a leading cause of the cortical granules reduction and emergence of vacuoles in the cytoplasm of mature and immature oocytes (Ghetler et al., 2006).
Autophagic bodies or vacuoles containing mitochondria were observed in MeHg-treated embryos (Figures 4(a) and 4(b)).
MSCs-H treated with Dkk-1 showed significantly increased numbers of lipid vacuoles at day 14 of adipogenic differentiation compared to those in the control condition.
The coexistence of glycogen-filled vacuoles, NB, and fiber atrophy with an overwhelming prevalence among type 1 fibers indicates that, for unknown reasons, this fiber type is selectively affected in the present case.
While the culture revealed no growth, cytologic examination identified mononuclear phagocytes with cytoplasmic vacuoles containing structures consistent with bacteria.
Also floating in that cytoplasm are little sacs called vacuoles, containing a protein called alliinase, which is like a little drill sergeant of the process.
The numbers and sizes of these autophagic vacuoles were equivalent in wild-type and Atg5-deficient MEFs (Fig.
Because of numerous supranuclear vacuoles of the epithelial cells, only a few goblet cells could be differentiated in posterior parts of alimentary channel, with their weakly reaction to AB (pH 2.5), PAS and PAS/AB (pH 2.5).