Increased lactotrophs despite decreased somatotrophs in the dwarf (dw/dw) rat: A defect in the regulation of lactotroph/somatotroph cell fate?

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 435-446

  Tierney, T ^a   Robinson, I C A F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; PROLACTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPLASIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS;

EID: 0036855316     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1750435     Document Type: Review

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