Intercellular communication in the anterior pituitary

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Schwartz, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ Adelaide, Dept Physiol, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[2] Wake Forest Univ, Sch Med, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
[3] Wake Forest Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
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10.1210/er.21.5.488
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In addition to hypothalamic and feedback inputs, the secretory cells of the anterior pituitary are influenced by the activity of factors secreted within the gland. The list of putative intrapituitary factors has been expanding steadily over the past decade, although until recently much of the work was limited to descriptions of potential interactions. This took the form of evidence of production within the pituitary of factors already known to influence activity of secretory cells, or further descriptions of actions on pituitary cells by such factors when added exogenously. A new phase of discovery has been entered, with extensive efforts being made to delineate the control of the synthesis and secretion of the pituitary factors within the gland, regulation of the receptors and response mechanisms for the factors in pituitary cells, and measurements of the endogenous actions of the factors through the use of specific immunoneutralization, receptor blockade, tissue from transgenic animals, and other means. Taken together, these findings are producing blueprints of the intrapituitary interactions that influence each of the individual types of secretory cells, leading toward an understanding of the physiological significance of the interactions. The purpose of this article is to review the recent literature on many of the factors acting as intrapituitary signals and to present such finding in the context of the physiology of the secretory cells.
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