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

• Autors principals: Saishu YOSHIDA (Autor), Hideaki YURINO (Autor), Masaaki KOBAYASHI (Autor), Naoto NISHIMURA (Autor), Kentaro YANO (Autor), Ken FUJIWARA (Autor), Shin-ichi HASHIMOTO (Autor), Takako KATO (Autor), Yukio KATO (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: The Society for Reproduction and Development, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: 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...