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Kupffer Histology.|ˈkʊpfə(r)|
The name of Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902), Bavarian anatomist and embryologist, used in Kupffer('s) cell (also cell of Kupffer), a phagocytic cell that occurs in the lining of the sinusoids of the liver and has long radiating processes of cytoplasm (described by Kupffer in 1876).
1901tr. H. Dürck's Atlas & Epitome Special Path. Histol. II. 18 The so-called stellate cells, or Kupffer's cells,..are faintly visible. 1924H. E. Roaf Text-bk. Physiol. xx. 262 Kupffer cells have been seen containing remnants of red blood corpuscles and they may be instrumental in collecting the hæmoglobin for the formation of bile pigment. 1956Nature 24 Mar. 575/2 Blocking of Kupffer cells interferes with the storage of vitamin A ester in the liver of the rat. 1966C. R. & T. S. Leeson Histol. xiv. 314/1 It is probable..that the stellate cells of Kupffer are increased in number in time of need by differentiation of the more primitive, endothelial cells. |