title: Pineal effects upon pituitary protein and nucleic acid synthesis in vitro.
abstract: The effects of various dilutions of pineal extract upon leucine and thymidine incorporation by pituitary cells were studied in vitro, using a miniature cell culture system. A pineal extract dose-dependent increase in thymidine and leucine incorporation by these pituitary cells was observed. These effects may be related to either increased synthesis and/or decreased secretion of newly synthesized proteins.
authors: Veterans Administration Hospital, Northport, N.Y. U.S.A.; Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, N.Y. U.S.A.
authors: N S
authors: NS
authors: Peress
authors: G G
authors: GG
authors: Murthy
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: Balcom