Adult pituitary stem cells: From pituitary plasticity to adenoma development

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-277

  Florio, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Nestin; Pituitary; Pituitary adenoma; Progenitor cells; Side population; Sox2; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ADULT STEM CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COLONY FORMING CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPITUITARISM; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL NICHE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOMA; ADULT; ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 83655161320     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330857     Document Type: Article

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