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The role of homeodomain transcription factors in heritable pituitary disease.
Nature reviews. Endocrinology - 26 Jul 2011
Prince Kelly L, Walvoord Emily C, Rhodes Simon J
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The anterior pituitary gland secretes hormones that regulate developmental and physiological processes, including growth, the stress response, metabolic status, reproduction and lactation. During embryogenesis, cellular determination and differentiation events establish specialized hormone-secreting cell types within the anterior pituitary gland. These developmental decisions are mediated in part by the actions...
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