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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Growth hormone (GH)-containing cells in the hypophyseal pars distalis of the chick embryo were identified immunohistochemically using anti-chicken GH sera. GH cells are first demonstrable in Rathke's Pouch as early as Day 4.5 of incubation. By Day 9.5, when the two lobes (rostral and caudal) of the pars distalis are easily recognized, GH cells are confined exclusively to the caudal lobe. Although the number of GH cells increases gradually during embryonic development, there is a statistically significant difference between Days 10.5 and 12.5 in both the cellular density and the percentage of somatotrophs. GH cells, which contain coarse granules evenly distributed throughout the cytoplasm, varied in diameter from 9.3 micron on Day 4.5 to 11.8 micron on Day 20.5, while the nuclear diameter of these cells increased from 2.8 micron on Day 4.5 to 4.9 micron on Day 20.5. There was a statistically significant difference in the nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio between Days 4.5 and 13.5 and between Days 13.5 and 20.5 of incubation. Aspects of the regulation of growth hormone synthesis and secretion in the chick embryo are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0016-6480
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
390-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Ontogenesis of immunocytochemically demonstrable somatotrophs in the adenohypophyseal pars distalis of the developing chick embryo.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois 60614.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't