Pituitary stem cells: Where do we stand?

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 2-17

  Vankelecom, Hugo ^a   Chen, Jianghai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gonadotropes; Pituitary stem cells; Prop1; Regeneration; Side population; Sox2

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GONADOTROPIN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RALDH1; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY STEM CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

GONADOTROPES; PITUITARY STEM CELLS; PROP1; REGENERATION; SIDE POPULATION; SOX2;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84896710589     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.08.018     Document Type: Review

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