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In the light of recent findings concerning the presence of S-100 antigen in folliculo-stellate cells of the rat adenohypophysis, we investigated the possible presence of S-100-labelled cells in both the normal human adenohypophysis and in pituitary adenomas. Immunostaining enabled us to detect, with both light and electron microscopy, the presence of S-100-labelled folliculo-stellate cells in a significant number of pituitary adenomas, mostly growth-hormone secreting, and, as expected, in the normal human adenohypophysis.
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Lauriola, L., Cocchia, D., Sentinelli, S. et al. Immunohistochemical detection of folliculo-stellate cells in human pituitary adenomas. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 47, 189–197 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890202
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