Somatotroph to thyrotroph cell transdifferentiation during experimental hypothyroidism - A light and electron-microscopy study

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-306

  Radian, S ^a   Coculescu, M ^a   Morris, J F ^b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GH; Hypothyroidism; Methimazole; Ontogenesis; Pituitary; Transdifferentiation; TRH receptor; TSH

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ANTITHYROID AGENT; DRINKING WATER; GROWTH HORMONE; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; THIAMAZOLE; THYROTROPIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SECRETORY GRANULE; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0242522187     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2003.tb00230.x     Document Type: Article

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