Article
p19Ink4d is a tumor suppressor and controls pituitary anterior lobe cell proliferation.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Jun 2014
Bai Feng, Chan Ho Lam, Smith Matthew D, Kiyokawa Hiroaki, Pei Xin-Hai
Abstract excerpt
Pituitary tumors develop in about one-quarter of the population, and most arise from the anterior lobe (AL). The pituitary gland is particularly sensitive to genetic alteration of genes involved in the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor (CKI)-CDK-retinoblastoma protein (Rb) pathway. Mice het...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Carcinogenesis
- Cell Proliferation
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p19
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
