S100β-Positive Cells of Mesenchymal Origin Reside in the Anterior Lobe of the Embryonic Pituitary Gland.

The anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary gland develop through invagination of the oral ectoderm and as they are endocrine tissues, they participate in the maintenance of vital functions via the synthesis and secretion of numerous hormones. We recently observed that several extrapituitar...

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Main Authors: Kotaro Horiguchi, Hideji Yako, Saishu Yoshida, Ken Fujiwara, Takehiro Tsukada, Naoko Kanno, Hiroki Ueharu, Hiroto Nishihara, Takako Kato, Takashi Yashiro, Yukio Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5047643?pdf=render