"Pituitary Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A small, unpaired gland situated in the SELLA TURCICA. It is connected to the HYPOTHALAMUS by a short stalk which is called the INFUNDIBULUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D010902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.747 A06.688.357.750 A08.186.211.464.497.352.435.500 A08.186.211.730.317.357.352.435.500 A08.713.357.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Pituitary Gland- Pituitary Gland
- Gland, Pituitary
- Glands, Pituitary
- Pituitary Glands
- Hypophysis Cerebri
- Cerebri, Hypophysis
- Cerebrus, Hypophysis
- Hypophysis Cerebrus
- Hypophysis
- Hypophyses
Pituitary Stalk- Pituitary Stalk
- Pituitary Stalks
- Infundibulum (Hypophysis)
- Hypophyseal Infundibulum
- Hypophyseal Stalk
- Hypophyseal Stalks
- Stalk, Hypophyseal
- Stalks, Hypophyseal
- Infundibular Stalk
- Infundibular Stalks
- Stalk, Infundibular
- Stalks, Infundibular
- Infundibular Stem
- Infundibulum, Hypophyseal
- Infundibulum
- Infundibulums
- Hypothalamus, Infundibular
- Infundibular Hypothalamus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pituitary Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Weatherborn M, Mesiano S. Rationale for current and future progestin-based therapies to prevent preterm birth. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2018 Oct; 52:114-125.
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Tonyushkina KN, Krug S, Ortiz-Toro T, Mascari T, Karlstrom RO. Low Thyroid Hormone Levels Disrupt Thyrotrope Development. Endocrinology. 2017 09 01; 158(9):2774-2782.
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Thompson IR, Ciccone NA, Zhou Q, Xu S, Khogeer A, Carroll RS, Kaiser UB. GnRH Pulse Frequency Control of Fshb Gene Expression Is Mediated via ERK1/2 Regulation of ICER. Mol Endocrinol. 2016 Mar; 30(3):348-60.
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Cao J, Patisaul HB, Petersen SL. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation in lactotropes and gonadotropes interferes with estradiol-dependent and -independent preprolactin, glycoprotein alpha and luteinizing hormone beta gene expression. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2011 Feb 20; 333(2):151-9.
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Bergeron SA, Tyurina OV, Miller E, Bagas A, Karlstrom RO. Brother of cdo (umleitung) is cell-autonomously required for Hedgehog-mediated ventral CNS patterning in the zebrafish. Development. 2011 Jan; 138(1):75-85.
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Sabio G, Cavanagh-Kyros J, Barrett T, Jung DY, Ko HJ, Ong H, Morel C, Mora A, Reilly J, Kim JK, Davis RJ. Role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis in metabolic regulation by JNK1. Genes Dev. 2010 Feb 01; 24(3):256-64.
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Jeong KH, Gill JC, Nos? V, Parlow AF, Carroll RS, Kaiser UB. Expression of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor-simian virus 40 T-antigen transgene has sex-specific effects on the reproductive axis. Endocrinology. 2009 Jul; 150(7):3383-91.
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Devine CA, Sbrogna JL, Guner B, Osgood M, Shen MC, Karlstrom RO. A dynamic Gli code interprets Hh signals to regulate induction, patterning, and endocrine cell specification in the zebrafish pituitary. Dev Biol. 2009 Feb 01; 326(1):143-54.
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Aqeilan RI, Hagan JP, de Bruin A, Rawahneh M, Salah Z, Gaudio E, Siddiqui H, Volinia S, Alder H, Lian JB, Stein GS, Croce CM. Targeted ablation of the WW domain-containing oxidoreductase tumor suppressor leads to impaired steroidogenesis. Endocrinology. 2009 Mar; 150(3):1530-5.
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Guner B, Ozacar AT, Thomas JE, Karlstrom RO. Graded hedgehog and fibroblast growth factor signaling independently regulate pituitary cell fates and help establish the pars distalis and pars intermedia of the zebrafish adenohypophysis. Endocrinology. 2008 Sep; 149(9):4435-51.