Local Transformations of Androgens into Estradiol by Aromatase P450 Is Involved in the Regulation of Prolactin and the Proliferation of Pituitary Prolactin-Positive Cells

• María José García Barrado ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

  * E-mail: barrado@usal.es

  Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

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• Enrique J. Blanco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

  Affiliations Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain

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• Marta Carretero Hernández,

  Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

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• María Carmen Iglesias Osma,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

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• Manuel Carretero,

  Affiliation Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Pontificia of Salamanca, Spain

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• Julio J. Herrero,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain

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• Deborah Jane Burks ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain

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• José Carretero

  Contributed equally to this work with: María José García Barrado, Enrique J. Blanco, Deborah Jane Burks, José Carretero

  Affiliations Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Neurosciences of Castilla y León, and Laboratory of Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases of IBSAL, University of Salamanca, Spain

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