Glial-derived neurotropic factor and RET gene expression in normal human anterior pituitary cell types and in pituitary tumors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1879-1884

  Japón, Miguel A ^a,b   Urbano, Angel G ^a   Sáez, Carmen ^b   Segura, Dolores I ^b   Cerro, Alfonso Leal ^a,b   Diéguez, Carlos ^a,b   Alvarez, Clara V ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN RET; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036284060     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.87.4.1879     Document Type: Article

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