Extracellular Matrix Proteins in the Anterior Pituitary Gland
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Extracellular Matrix Proteins in the Anterior Pituitary Gland
The importance of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has become recognised as an important component of the functioning of cells. However the roles of the ECM in the anterior pituitary gland have received little attention. The pituitary has the particular characteristics of possessing a number of endocrine cells as well as less well studied nonendocrine cells. Because each cell has specific and vit...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Neuroendocrinology Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1876-5289
DOI: 10.2174/1876528901104010111