Cell-cell adhesion and cadherin expression in the GH(3) somatolactotrope cell line: Implications for prolactin gene expression.

摘要

Expression of the prolactin gene by lactotropes of the anterior pituitary is modulated by interactions with other lactotropes, with gonadotropes, and with folliculo-stellate cells. However, little is known about which cell-cell adhesion molecules mediate these interactions. We utilized the GH