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Vascular Networks and Endothelial Cells in the Rat Experimental Pituitary Glands and in the Human Pituitary Adenomas by Johbu Itoh; Akihiko Serizawa; Kenji Kawai; Yudo Ishii; Akira Teramoto; Robert Yoshiyuki Osamura is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract There has been considerable interest in the relationship between hormone‐secreting endocrine cells (HSEC) and their microvessels (MVN) in human pituitary gland. However, microcirculatory networks have rarely been studied in three dimensions (3D). Therefore, this study was designed to visualize and to reveal the relationship between hormone secreting endocrine cells and their microvessel environment including vascular endothelial cells in 3D using rat pituitary glands under various experimental conditions by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). By CLSM, the 3D distributions of MVN were visualized and revealed a relationship between HSEC and MVN in experimental pituitary glands and human pituitary adenomas. Therefore, 3D reconstructed imaging by CLSM is a useful technique with which to investigate the microvessel environment of hormone‐secreting cells and has the potential to reveal dynamic hormone‐secreting pathways. Microsc. Res. Tech. 60:231–235, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Author

Johbu Itoh; Akihiko Serizawa; Kenji Kawai; Yudo Ishii; Akira Teramoto; Robert Yoshiyuki Osamura

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1059-910X)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)