DEMONSTRATION BY IMMUNOPEROXIDASE HISTOCHEMISTRY OF CALCITONIN IN THE ANTERIOR LOBE OF THE RAT PITUITARY

1 August 1978

journal article
research article
Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Vol. 47 (2) , 457-460
https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-47-2-457

Abstract

We have demonstrated by a specific immunoperoxidase procedure the presence of calcitonin-containing cells in the rat pituitary gland. These cells are widely distributed throughout the anterior lobe and seem to constitute the entire population of cells of the intermediate lobe. No such cells were seen in the posterior lobe. The presence of calcitonin-containing cells in the pituitary provides novel implications about the physiological significance of this hormone.

Keywords

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Common precursor to corticotropins and endorphins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1977
Simultaneous ectopic production of parathyroid hormone and calcitonin
Metabolism, 1976