Ultrastructural Characteristics of TSH-Producing Adenomas with Special Reference to its Close Similarity to BFA-Treated Pituitary Adenoma Cells

Pituitary

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 221-226

  Ikeda, Hidetoshi ^a   Ogawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brefeldin A; Exocytosis; Pituitary; Rough ER; TSH cell adenoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREFELDIN A; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MACROLIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREFELDIN A; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROLIDES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; THYROTROPIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033123001     PISSN: 1386341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009985921765     Document Type: Article

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