Heterogeneity of pituitary follicula-stellate cells: Implications for iterleukin-6 production and accessory function in vitro

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-53

  Allaerts, Wilfried ^a,c   Jeucken, Pieter H M ^a   Debets, Reno ^a   Hoefakker, Saskia ^b   Claassen, Eric ^b   Drexhage, Hemmo A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Dendritic cells; Folliculo stellate cells; Interleukin 6; Mixed leukocyte reaction assay; S100 protein

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN S 100; CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOUSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MAGNETICS; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S100 PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030614343     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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