Poole M C, Kornegay W D
Anat Rec. 1982 Sep;204(1):45-53. doi: 10.1002/ar.1092040107.
A morphometric analysis of the cell types within the adenohypophysis of the female rat was conducted with an emphasis on regional variations. Type I and type II gonadotropes and corticotropes had the largest volumes, mammotropes and somatotropes were of medium size, and thyrotropes and chromophobes were the smallest cells. There was no regional variation in the volumes of the respective cell types. Somatotropes and mammotropes were most numerous, followed by the gonadotropes, chromophobes, corticotropes, and thyrotropes. There was no significant regional localization of the somatotropes, mammotropes, corticotropes, and thyrotropes. Gonadotropes were best defined as two populations with type I cells being localized in the central regions and type II cells being distributed throughout the gland. Chromophobes were the only cells with a significant distribution in the anterior regions and were most numerous in the anterior peripheral regions. These fine-structural morphometric findings are discussed in relation to other studies of the adenohypophysis that utilize immunocytochemistry.
对雌性大鼠腺垂体中的细胞类型进行了形态计量分析，重点关注区域差异。I型和II型促性腺激素细胞以及促肾上腺皮质激素细胞体积最大，催乳激素细胞和生长激素细胞大小中等，促甲状腺激素细胞和嫌色细胞是最小的细胞。各细胞类型的体积不存在区域差异。生长激素细胞和催乳激素细胞数量最多，其次是促性腺激素细胞、嫌色细胞、促肾上腺皮质激素细胞和促甲状腺激素细胞。生长激素细胞、催乳激素细胞、促肾上腺皮质激素细胞和促甲状腺激素细胞没有明显的区域定位。促性腺激素细胞最好分为两类群体，I型细胞位于中央区域，II型细胞分布于整个腺体。嫌色细胞是唯一在前部区域有显著分布的细胞，且在前部周边区域数量最多。结合其他利用免疫细胞化学对腺垂体进行的研究，对这些精细结构的形态计量学发现进行了讨论。
