Localization of the aromatase enzyme expression in the human pituitary gland and its effect on growth hormone, prolactin, and thyroid stimulating hormone axis

Endocrine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 761-768

  Caglar, Asli Sezgin ^a   Kapucu, Aysegul ^b   Dar, Kadriye Akgun ^b   Ozkaya, Hande Mefkure ^a   Caglar, Erkan ^a   Ince, Haluk ^c   Kadioglu, Pinar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Co expression; Double immunostaining; Human pituitary

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; CYP19A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN RELEASE; ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CADAVER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AROMATASE; CADAVER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84937969081     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-015-0537-6     Document Type: Article

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