Genetic defects in the development and function of the anterior pituitary gland

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-191

  Cushman, Lisa J ^a   Showalter, Aaron D ^a   Rhodes, Simon J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary diseases; Growth; Homeostasis; Hormones; Pituitary gland; Reproduction; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HES1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HES1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HESX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HESX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LHX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POU1F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROPHET OF PIT 1 PROTEIN; PROPHET OF PIT-1 PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TBX19 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; ZFP162 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SECRETION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HESX1 GENE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LHX3 GENE; LHX4 GENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIT1 GENE; PITX2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROP1 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SF1 GENE; TPIT GENE; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE-REGULATING HORMONE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035992791     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/ann.34.3.179.191     Document Type: Review

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