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Electron microscopy of hepatocytes in both normal rat liver and rat liver treated to induce hyperplasia of smooth endoplasmic reticulum shows that autophagic vacuoles and residual bodies (types of lysosomes) are continuous with endoplasmic reticulum.
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Novikoff et al. (1978) studied this question.
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