Tissue, cell type | Species, receptor typeb | |||||||||||||
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Chicken | Common Quail | Red-legged Partridge | Turkey | Golden Pheasant | Ostrich | Mallard | ||||||||
α-2,3 | α-2,6 | α-2,3 | α-2,6 | α-2,3 | α-2,6 | α-2,3 | α-2,6 | α-2,3 | α-2,6 | α-2,3 | α-2,6 | α-2,3 | α-2,6 | |
Nasal Cavity | ||||||||||||||
Respiratory Epithelium | ||||||||||||||
Ciliated epithelial cells | +++ | ++ | + | +++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | - | + | + |
Non-ciliated epithelial cells | + | - | + | ++ | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | - | ++ | - |
Olfactory Epithelium | ||||||||||||||
Olfactory epithelial cells | +++ | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | - | - | - |
Bowman gland epithelium | +++ | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | ++ | + |
Adjacent structures | ||||||||||||||
Nasal gland epithelium | + | ++ | ++ | + | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | nd | nd | ++ | + |
Salivary gland epithelium | ++ | + | +++ | ++ | + | + | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | +++ | - | ++ | + |
Trachea | ||||||||||||||
Ciliated epithelial cells | + | + | + | +++ | + | - | +++ | - | - | ++ | + | - | ++ | ++ |
Goblet cells | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | + | + | + | - | - | ++ |
Mucous gland epithelium | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | - |
Lung | ||||||||||||||
Bronchial epithelial cells | +++ | +++ | + | +++ | - | - | ++ | +++ | + | + | + | - | + | + |
Parabronchial epithelial cells | +++ | - | + | - | - | - | - | +++ | + | - | + | - | + | - |
Air capillary cells | - | - | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | + | - | - | - |