Localization of prohormone convertases 1/3 and 2 in the human pituitary gland and pituitary adenomas: Analysis by immunohistochemistry, immunoelectron microscopy, and laser scanning microscopy

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 232-238

  Takumi, Ichiro ^a   Steiner, D F ^b   Sanno, Naoko ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^c  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Laser scanning microscopy; Pituitary; Pituitary adenoma; Pro opiomelanocortin; Prohormone convertase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CORTICOTROPIN; FURIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SUBTILISINS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0031951875     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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