Endocrine Abstracts

The demonstration of postnatal stem cells in the adenopituitary (PSC) a few years ago has made us to redraw many of the cell biology concepts that we previously had for this gland. PSC organize in a three-dimensional structure, the niche, where they combine with other populations. How many populations cohabit in the niche, and which markers should we use to define cells associated to PSC we still do know not. However, we have advanced in the definition of a PSC as a cell co-ex...