Brain stem cells adopt a pituitary fate after implantation into the adult rodent pituitary gland

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-68

  U, Hoi Sang ^a,b   Wu, Bian ^a   Wilkes, Nathan ^a   Ho, Allen ^a   Saljooque, Farid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem cell; Grafts; Pituitary fate

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS GRAFT; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; STEM CELL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FETAL STEM CELLS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 34547690720     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104253     Document Type: Article

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