Mitogenic effects of nerve growth factor on different cell types in reaggregate cell cultures of immature rat pituitary

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-127

  Proesmans, M ^a   Van Bael, A ^a   Andries, M ^a   Denef, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregate cell culture; Corticotroph; Development; GHF 1; Lactotroph; Nerve growth factor; Pit 1; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030770969     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00175-5     Document Type: Article

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