Expression and localization of tight junction-related proteins in adult rat pituitary stem/progenitor cell niches

• Main Authors: Saishu YOSHIDA (Author), Hideaki YURINO (Author), Masaaki KOBAYASHI (Author), Naoto NISHIMURA (Author), Kentaro YANO (Author), Ken FUJIWARA (Author), Shin-ichi HASHIMOTO (Author), Takako KATO (Author), Yukio KATO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pituitary endocrine cells are supplied by Sox2-expressing stem/progenitor cells in the anterior lobe of the adult pituitary gland. These SOX2-positive cells are maintained in two types of microenvironments (niches): the marginal cell layer (MCL)-niche and the parenchymal-niche. Recently, we isolated...