title: Cell-specific mechanisms of estrogen receptor in the pituitary gland.
abstract: Analysis of the mechanism of action of estrogen receptor shows protein and mRNA polymorphism within distinct pituitary receptor-positive cells. The lactotropes exhibit unique properties in these mechanisms that distinguish them from gonadotropes. Therefore, this cell type constitutes an especially interesting model in the male as well as in the female for estrogen receptor studies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie Moléculaire de la Reproduction, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demay
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geffroy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tiffoche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Monti
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Thieulant
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone