Localization of endothelin A receptors in the rat pituitary TSH cells: Light- and electron-microscopic immunohistochemical studies

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Furuya, Sonoko ^a   Hiroe, Takeshi ^a   Ozaki, Tuyoshi ^a   Takimoto, Misato ^b   Hori, Seiji ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA K K   (Japan)

^c OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelin receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Rat (AR ++ +sl; Wistar); Thyrotrophs

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY GRANULE; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0033819486     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004419900169     Document Type: Article

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