In cultured rat fetal pituitary primordia, DSIP induced differentiation of LH cells in a dose-dependent manner.
In plain wordsIn cultured rat pituitary tissue, DSIP made more LH-producing cells develop, and more so at higher doses.
- Outcome
- IncreaseLH cell differentiation
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Cultured pituitary primordia from 11-day-old rat fetuses- Outcome group
- Pituitary hormones · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- several concentrations · added to culture medium · first day of cultureAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Addition of DSIP during the first day of culture induced differentiation of LH and TSH cells only. The effect was dose-dependent.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Pituitary primordia were explanted from 11-day-old rat fetuses and cultured in a synthetic medium enriched with either DSIP at several concentrations, GnRH (10(-9) M) or TRH (10(-9) M).