title: Making a pituitary gland in a dish.
abstract: The adenohypophysis secretes multiple hormones that control vital physiological functions. A recent article in Nature (Suga et al., 2011) describes a 3D protocol for the derivation of several endocrine pituitary cell types from mouse ESCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Center for Cancer Research, New York, NY, 10065 USA. tabarv@mskcc.org
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tabar