Significant Quantitative and Qualitative Transition in Pituitary Stem/ Progenitor Cells Occurs during the Postnatal Development of the Rat Anterior Pituitary

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 933-943

  Yoshida, S ^a   Kato, T ^a   Yako, H ^a   Susa, T ^a   Cai, L Y ^a   Osuna, M ^a,b   Inoue, K ^b   Kato, Y ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pituitary; Prophet of PIT1; S100; SOX2; Stem progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 80053165716     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02198.x     Document Type: Article

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