Folliculo-stellate cells: Paracrine communicators in the anterior pituitary

Open Neuroendocrinology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2011, Pages 77-89

  Morris, John ^a   Christian, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Annexin 1; Folliculo stellate

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; FOLLICULO STELLATE CELL; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL;

EID: 80455145271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18765289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876528901104010077     Document Type: Review

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