Folliculostellate cell information

A folliculostellate (FS) cell is a type of non-endocrine cell found in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Rinehart and Farquhar first discovered...

hypothalamic-hypophysial portal system. There is also a non-endocrine cell population called folliculostellate cells. The posterior pituitary stores and secretes (but does...

It also contains non-endocrine folliculostellate cells which are thought to stimulate and support the endocrine cell populations. Hormones secreted by...

is produced by folliculostellate (FS) cells of the anterior pituitary. FS cells make numerous contacts with the classical endocrine cells of the anterior...

parenchymal cells of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, called pituicytes. Some researchers believe that they arise from the folliculostellate cells in...