In mammals, the pituitary-derived neuropeptide adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a major regulator of adrenocortical steroidogenesis and hormone secretion. However, the mechanism by which adrenal growth is governed by pituitary signals and the role of the pituitary in early adrenal development remain to be investigated. In this work the model organism zebrafish was used to elucidate pituitary adrenal interactions during early vertebrate development. The adrenal homologue in zebrafish is located in the head kidney and termed interrenal organ. The work deals with the analysis of pituitary-interrenal interactions by using pituitary mutants, gene-knockdown embryos and pharmacological interventions. As prerequisite to the main study, zebrafi...
The adenohypophysis consists of at least six different cell types, somatotropes, lactotropes, thyrot...
17 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures.-- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms ...
The endocrine regulatory roles of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis on anxiety-like beh...
To further elucidate pituitary adrenal interactions during development, we studied the organogenesis...
Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) has been considered a classic adrenocorticotropic hormone and the key pit...
The pituitary gland of vertebrates consists of two major parts, the neurohypophysis (NH) and the ade...
The pituitary gland is an endocrine organ with roles in growth, maturation and homeostasis. It is de...
This study aimed to determine the effects of Androstenodione (AED) on the transcriptional expression...
Zebrafish offer an opportunity to study conserved mechanisms underlying the ontogeny and physiology ...
We characterized zebrafish proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene promoter, and sequence analysis revealed ...
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a group of common inherited disorders leading to glucocorticoid de...
Zebrafish are emerging as a model to study steroid hormone action and associated disease. However, s...
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons have a pivotal role in the physiological functions of ...
The early morphogenetic steps of zebrafish interrenal tissue, the teleostean counterpart of the mamm...
Zebrafish, Danio rerio, has long been used as a model organism in developmental biology. Nowadays, d...
The adenohypophysis consists of at least six different cell types, somatotropes, lactotropes, thyrot...
17 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures.-- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms ...
The endocrine regulatory roles of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis on anxiety-like beh...
To further elucidate pituitary adrenal interactions during development, we studied the organogenesis...
Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) has been considered a classic adrenocorticotropic hormone and the key pit...
The pituitary gland of vertebrates consists of two major parts, the neurohypophysis (NH) and the ade...
The pituitary gland is an endocrine organ with roles in growth, maturation and homeostasis. It is de...
This study aimed to determine the effects of Androstenodione (AED) on the transcriptional expression...
Zebrafish offer an opportunity to study conserved mechanisms underlying the ontogeny and physiology ...
We characterized zebrafish proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene promoter, and sequence analysis revealed ...
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a group of common inherited disorders leading to glucocorticoid de...
Zebrafish are emerging as a model to study steroid hormone action and associated disease. However, s...
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons have a pivotal role in the physiological functions of ...
The early morphogenetic steps of zebrafish interrenal tissue, the teleostean counterpart of the mamm...
Zebrafish, Danio rerio, has long been used as a model organism in developmental biology. Nowadays, d...
The adenohypophysis consists of at least six different cell types, somatotropes, lactotropes, thyrot...
17 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures.-- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms ...
The endocrine regulatory roles of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis on anxiety-like beh...