APUD system (problems of structural and functional organization, histogenesis and pathology)
Kvetnoiĭ, I.M.
Arkhiv Patologii 43(1): 81-87
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 6111309 Document Number: 180265
The aspects of structure and function of the APUD-system under normal and pathological conditions are analysed. New terms and concepts (apudocyte, apudoblast, apudogenesis, apudopathies) applicable to the APUD-system are introduced. It is suggested that some apudocytes originate from polypotential stem cells. The dysfunctions of the APUD-system (apudopathies) are described, their classification is suggested, and the role of apudocytes in the endogenous mechanisms of oncogenesis is analysed.