Intercellular Communication Within the Rat Anterior Pituitary Gland: X. Immunohistocytochemistry of S-100 and Connexin 43 of Folliculo-Stellate Cells in the Rat Anterior Pituitary Gland

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 462-473

  Shirasawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Mabuchi, Yoshio ^b   Sakuma, Eisuke ^b   Horiuchi, Osamu ^b   Yashiro, Takashi ^c   Kikuchi, Motoshi ^c   Hashimoto, Yasuo ^b   Tsuruo, Yoshihiro ^d   Herbert, Damon C ^e   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Folliculo stellate cells; Immunocytochemistry; Pituitary gland; S 100 protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN S 100;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL TYPE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2442486721     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20040     Document Type: Article

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