Klug H, Mager B
Acta Morphol Acad Sci Hung. 1979;27(1-2):11-9.
Electron micrsocopic investigation of the thymus of normal guinea pigs of both sexes, approximately 3 months of age, have shown that the organ contains at least two types of non-lymphoid cells: epithelial reticulum cells and so-called interdigitating cells. The latter have been observed in the inner part of the cortex and are morphologically characterized by an irregularly shaped or kidney-shaped nucleus, many tubulovesicular cytoplasmic structures accumulated mostly within the cytocentre as well as by finger-like protrusions of the cytoplasm. These interdigitating cells are in close contant with neighbouring lymphocytes with partly destroyed pycnotic nucleus.
对大约3月龄的正常雌雄豚鼠胸腺进行的电子显微镜研究表明，该器官至少含有两种非淋巴细胞：上皮网状细胞和所谓的交错突细胞。后者见于皮质内部，其形态特征为核形状不规则或呈肾形，许多管状囊泡状细胞质结构大多聚集在细胞中心，以及细胞质有指状突起。这些交错突细胞与相邻的淋巴细胞密切接触，后者的核固缩部分已被破坏。
