Immunohistochemical expression of retinoid x receptor isoforms in human pituitaries and pituitary adenomas

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-306

  Sanno, Naoko ^a   Sugawara, Akira ^b   Teramoto, Akira ^c   Abe, Yoshifumi ^a   Yen, Paul M ^d   Chin, William W ^d   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomas; Clinical neuroendocrinology; Pituitary cells; Retinoic acid receptor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031001354     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000127188     Document Type: Article

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