Expression and function of ErbB receptors and ligands in the pituitary

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Cooper, Odelia ^a   Vlotides, George ^b   Fukuoka, Hidenori ^a   Greene, Mark I ^a,c   Melmed, Shlomo ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; 5 (2 BENZOTHIAZOLYL)THIOMETHYL 4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYBENZYLIDENECYANOACETAMIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GEFITINIB; LAPATINIB; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONFUNCTIONING PITUITARY ADENOMA; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; NEUREGULIN-1; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-ERBB; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

EID: 84855930793     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: 14796821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ERC-11-0066     Document Type: Review

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