Paired-Related Homeodomain Proteins Prx1 and Prx2 are Expressed in Embryonic Pituitary Stem/Progenitor Cells and May Be Involved in the Early Stage of Pituitary Differentiation

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1201-1212

  Susa, T ^a   Kato, T ^a   Yoshida, S ^a   Yako, H ^a   Higuchi, M ^a   Kato, Y ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Organogenesis; Pituitary; Progenitor cells; Prx1; Prx2; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRX1; PROTEIN PRX2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84865335979     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02336.x     Document Type: Article

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