ea0073oc8.3 | Oral Communications 8: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2021
Pradilla Dieste Alberto
, García Lavandeira Montserrat
, Pérez-Romero Sihara
, Graça Fonseca Jesuina Arcángela
, Kupari Jussi
, Japón Miguel
, Airaksinen Matti S.
, Álvarez Clara V.
The pituitary gland is the master gland of the endocrine system, controlling important physiological steps like growth, puberty or reproduction. There are different endocrine cell types within the adenopituitary, each one producing a specific hormone. Adaptation to different life stages and moments requires a plastic capacity based in proliferation and differentiation of pituitary stem cells. We ans others discovered the existence of a stem cell niche in the pituitary. Parench...