Ghrelin immunoexpression in the human hypophysis

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-81

  Rotondo, Fabio ^a   Rotondo, Angelo ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Cusimano, Michael ^a   Latta, Eleanor ^a   Syro, Luis V ^c   Kovacs, Kalman ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL PABLO TOBÓN URIBE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

ghrelin; hormone; hypophysis; immunohistochemistry; morphology

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GHRELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; AUTOPSY; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PITUITARY STALK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR;

EID: 83655181727     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3182247506     Document Type: Article

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