Reticular fiber

[6] The abstract of this paper says: Maresch (1905) introduced Bielschowsky's silver impregnation technic for neurofibrils as a stain for reticulum fibers, but emphasized the nonspecificity of such procedures.

Application of Gömöri's and Wilder's methods to human tissues showed variations of staining patterns with the fixatives and technics employed.

I bands of striated muscle, fibers in nervous tissues, and model substances, e.g. polysaccharides, egg white, gliadin, were also stained.

In a 1993 paper, the reticular fibers of the capillary sheath and splenic cord were studied and compared in the pig spleen by transmission electron microscopy.

[7] This paper attempted to reveal their components and the presence of sialic acid in the amorphous ground substance.

These findings suggested that the reticular fibers of the splenic cord include multiple functional elements and might perform an important role during contraction or dilation of the spleen.