Evidence for somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in discrete cells of the anterior pituitary of camel (Camelus dromedarius).
Immunocytochemical methods were applied to camel pituitaries. ACTH, beta-lipotropin (LPH), LH beta, GH, TSH, and PRL immunoreactive cells were identified. They were located on different parts of anterior pituitary and had different organization and shape. In addition, somatostatin-like immunoreactivity was seen in cells situated at the top of pituitary cleft specially in a cone-shaped extension of the intermediate lobe. The role and the eventual origin of these cells have yet to be established and their occurrence related to age and life conditions.
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D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000502:physiology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000032:analysis; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000166:cytology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000032:analysis; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000032:analysis*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000032:analysis; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D008083:beta-Lipotropin / Q000032:analysis
D013004:Somatostatin; D011388:Prolactin; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D008083:beta-Lipotropin