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Folliculo-stellate cells of human pituitary adenomas: immunohistochemical study of the monocyte/macrophage phenotype expression.
Neuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 1997
Giometto B, Miotto D, Botteri M, Alessio L, Scanarini M, An S F, Tavolato B
Abstract excerpt
Folliculo-stellate cells (FS) represent a small percentage of anterior pituitary elements of still undetermined embryological origin. They are sparse among endocrine pituitary cells and are characterized by the lack of secretory granules and by the presence of few branching processes inserted between hormone-secreting cells. Although FS cell role is still under discussion, recent reports showed that they produce...
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