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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2018

Common and diverse elements of ion channels and receptors underlying electrical activity in endocrine pituitary cells.

Patrick A Fletcher, Arthur Sherman, Stanko S Stojilkovic

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Review in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrick A FletcherLaboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: patrick.fletcher@nih.gov.
Arthur ShermanLaboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Stanko S StojilkovicSection on Cellular Signaling, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · US

Funding

Intracellular Signaling In Endocrine CellsZIAHD000195 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI STOJILKOVIC, STANKO S. · 2009 to 2025
$18.8M
INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING IN ENDOCRINE CELLSZ01HD000195 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI STOJILKOVIC, STANKO S. · 1994 to 2008
$2.4M
Mathematical Modeling of Neurons and Endocrine CellsZIADK013028 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI SHERMAN, ARTHUR · 2009 to 2025
$1.7M
Mathematical Modeling of Neurons and Endocrine CellsZ01DK013028 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI SHERMAN, ARTHUR · 2007 to 2008
$208k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK013028Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HD000195Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DK999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK013028Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HD000195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pituitary gland contains six types of endocrine cells defined by hormones they secrete: corticotrophs, melanotrophs, gonadotrophs, thyrotrophs, somatotrophs, and lactotrophs. All these cell types are electrically excitable, and voltage-gated calcium influx is the major trigger for their hormone secretion. Along with hormone intracellular content, G-protein-coupled receptor and ion channel expression can also be considered as defining cell type identity. While many aspects of the developmental and activity dependent regulation of hormone and G-protein-coupled receptor expression have been elucidated, much less is known about the regulation of the ion channels needed for excitation-secretion coupling in these cells. We compare the spontaneous and receptor-controlled patterns of electrical signaling among endocrine pituitary cell types, including insights gained from mathematical modeling. We argue that a common set of ionic currents unites these cells, while differential expression of another subset of ionic currents could underlie cell type-specific patterns. We demonstrate these ideas using a generic mathematical model, showing that it reproduces many observed features of pituitary electrical signaling. Mapping these observations to the developmental lineage suggests possible modes of regulation that may give rise to mature pituitary cell types.

Indexed as

Electrophysiological PhenomenaAnimalsEndocrine CellsHormonesHumansIon ChannelsPituitary GlandReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledHormonesIon ChannelsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAction potentialsCalcium signalingG-protein coupled receptorsIon channelsMathematical modelingVoltage-gated calcium influx

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PMID28652171
PMCPMC5742314
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