Reticulum means Net ( Red in Spanish or Web in English ).
It refers to the Net that exist in Lymphoid tissue of any kind ( Payer Patches – Lymph Nodes – Spleen ). Dendritic Cells attach to this Net, that’s why in the past it was used the term Reticulum Cells Sarcoma ( for Dendritic Cells Sarcoma ). Reticulin ( Reticulina in Spanish ) is the Silver Technic for Staining this Type III Collagen Fibers of the Net. _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet