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Adult pituitary stem cells: from pituitary plasticity to adenoma development.
Neuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 2011
Florio Tullio
Abstract excerpt
The pituitary needs high plasticity of the hormone-producing cell compartment to generate the continuously changing hormonal signals that govern the key physiological processes it is involved in, as well as homeostatic cell turnover. However, the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. It was proposed that adult stem cells direct the generation of newborn cells with a hormonal phenotype according to...
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