title: Evidence for somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in discrete cells of the anterior pituitary of camel (Camelus dromedarius).
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quéré
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: el May
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouzakoura
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dubois
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin; D011388:Prolactin; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D008083:beta-Lipotropin