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The localization of fibronectin was demonstrated in the rat anterior pituitary by the highly sensitive double bridge peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method. The fibronectin immunopositive cells were characterized by stellatelike morphology. The cells immunostained for fibronectin were observed to be identical to those for S-100 protein in adjacent mirror sections, whereas the S-100 protein has been specifically immunodetected in the folliculo-stellate (FS) cells of the anterior pituitary. The present study indicates that the fibronectin is present in the FS cells, suggesting that FS cells might play a role in the regulation of pituitary function through the interaction of fibronectin with hormone secreting cells
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Liu, Y.C., Tanaka, S., Inoue, K. et al. Localization of fibronectin in the folliculo-stellate cells of the rat anterior pituitary by the double bridge peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. Histochemistry 92, 43–45 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00495014
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