Pituitary tumors: cell type-specific roles for BMP-4.

Volume: 326, Issue: 1, Pages: 85 - 88
Published: Sep 15, 2010
Abstract
BMP-4 plays a crucial role not only in the formation of the anterior pituitary during embryo development but also in the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors in adults. In tumor cells, BMP-4 promotes prolactin secretion and lactotroph cell proliferation through a Smad-estrogen receptor crosstalk but it inhibits ACTH production and cell proliferation of corticotrophs. In addition, BMP-4 increases GH secretion in rat pituitary tumor somatolactotroph...
Paper Details
Title
Pituitary tumors: cell type-specific roles for BMP-4.
Published Date
Sep 15, 2010
Volume
326
Issue
1
Pages
85 - 88
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