The pituitary gland is an important component of the endocrine system, and together with the
hypothalamus, exerts considerable influence over the functions of other endocrine glands …

The anterior pituitary is made up of a number of cell types that are essential for such
physiological processes as growth, development, homeostasis, metabolism, and …

The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland is derived from the oral ectoderm early in gestation. A
variety of techniques have been used to understand how early precursor cells differentiate to …

The development of the anterior pituitary gland occurs in distinct sequential developmental
steps, leading to the formation of a complex organ containing five different cell types …

Significant advances have been made in defining the transcription cascade that is
responsible for the early steps of pituitary formation and the environmental signals that …

Adult tissues undergo continuous cell turnover in response to stress, damage, or
physiological demand. New differentiated cells are generated from dedicated or facultative …

The mammalian anterior pituitary gland is a compound endocrine organ that regulates
reproductive development and fitness, growth, metabolic homeostasis, the response to …

▪ Abstract During the development of the pituitary gland, distinct hormone-producing cell
types arise from a common population of ectodermal progenitors, providing an instructive …

A side population (SP) has been identified in a number of tissues, where it typically
represents a small population enriched in stem/progenitor cells. In this study we show that …

Significant progress has been made recently in unravelling the embryonic events leading to
pituitary morphogenesis, both in vivo and in vitro. This includes dissection of the molecular …