Folliculo-stellate cells of the human pituitary: A type of adult stem cell?

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 219-228

  Horvath, Eva ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Folliculo stellate cells; Immunocytochemistry; Pituitary adenoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MUCIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; FOLLICULOSTELLATE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL; ADENOMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0036628973     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120290104476     Document Type: Article

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