Sun YK, Xi YP, Fenoglio CM, Pushparaj N, O'Toole KM, Kledizik GS, Nette EG, King DW. The effect of age on the number of pituitary cells immunoreactive to growth hormone and prolactin.
Hum Pathol 1984;
15:169-80. [PMID:
6365735 DOI:
10.1016/s0046-8177(84)80058-1]
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Abstract
The results of a combined immunocytochemical, morphometric, and clinicopathologic analysis of growth-hormone-producing and prolactin-producing pituitary cells in 28 subjects ranging in age from 16 to 90 are reported. There was a significant age-related decline in the number and size of growth-hormone-producing cells, which was most marked in the transition from youth to middle age. There was also a significant age-related decline in the number of pituitary parenchymal cells but not in pituitary weight. Prolactin cells did not show a significant decline in number with age.
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