Ultrastructural identification of small granule prolactin (PRL) cells in goat adenohypophysis by the colloidal-gold method.
We describe ultrastructural characteristics of PRL cells with small secretory granules, immunostained with ovine antiserum, in adult Murciano-Granadina milking goats during anoestrus, the last third of gestation and lactation. This cell subtype is considered to comprise a stable population that decreases numerically during gestation and lactation, and that may change during these stages to show large granules.
Vásquez
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Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
Gómez
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Serrano
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Bernabé
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D000780:Anestrus; D000818:Animals; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D017979:Gold Colloid; D007774:Lactation; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000032:analysis*
D017979:Gold Colloid; D011388:Prolactin