Immunolocalization of Pit-1 in gonadotroph nuclei is indicative of the transdifferentiation of gonadotroph to lactotroph cells in prolactinomas induced by estrogen

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 453-462

  Mukdsi, Jorge Humberto ^a   De Paul, Ana Lucía ^a   Muñoz, Sonia ^a   Aoki, Agustín ^a   Torres, Alicia Inés ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

c Myc; Estrogen; Gonadotroph; Lactotroph; Pit 1

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MYC PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 3142712406     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0661-5     Document Type: Article

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