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prolactin secreting cell differentiation

Known as: mammotroph differentiation, epsilon-acidophil differentiation, mammotrope differentiation 
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a prolactin secreting cell. A… 
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2004
2004
Glucocorticoid induction of lactotrophs and prolactin gene expression in chicken embryonic pituitary cells: a delayed response relative to stimulated growth hormone production.
We reported that corticosterone (CORT) induces GH cell differentiation in chicken embryonic pituitary cells in culture and in… 
2004
2004
Immunolocalization of Pit-1 in gonadotroph nuclei is indicative of the transdifferentiation of gonadotroph to lactotroph cells in prolactinomas induced by estrogen
The pituitary protein transcription factor (Pit-1) regulates the differentiation and proliferation of somatotrophs, lactotrophs… 
2004
2004
Evidence that lactotrophs do not differentiate directly from somatotrophs during chick embryonic development.
It is generally accepted that, in mammals, lactotrophs differentiate from somatotrophs through an intermediate cell type, the… 
2000
2000
Two free isoforms of ovine glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit strongly differ in their ability to stimulate prolactin release from foetal pituitaries.
alpha-Subunit dissociated from glycoprotein hormones has been previously shown to stimulate rat pituitary lactotroph… 
1998
1998
Ontogeny of prolactin-secreting cells during chick embryonic development: effect of vasoactive intestinal peptide.
It was previously reported that prolactin (PRL)-containing cells differentiate by days 15 to 19 of embryonic development and that… 
1994
1994
Induction of pituitary cell type differentiation by delta sleep-inducing peptide.
The effects of delta sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) on pituitary cell differentiation was studied using an in vitro method and… 
1993
1993
Lactotrope differentiation in rats is modulated by a milk-borne signal transferred to the neonatal circulation.
We have previously reported that normal differentiation of PRL-secreting cells in neonatal rats requires a maternal signal… 
1989
1989
Luteinizing hormone (LH)-releasing hormone: effects of induction of LH, follicle-stimulating hormone, and prolactin cell differentiation.
We investigated the influence of LHRH on the differentiation of gonadotrophs and lactotrophs in fetal pituitary glands… 
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1984
Highly Cited
1984
Induction of pituitary lactotrope differentiation by luteinizing hormone alpha subunit.
Addition of gonadotropin releasing hormone to cultures of fetal rat pituitary induced differentiation of lactotropes as revealed… 
1983
1983
Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnrH) stimulates immunoreactive lactotrope differentiation.
To study lactotrope differentiation in the fetal rat, immunocytochemistry was performed on pituitary primordia explanted from 13… 
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