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Given an abstract of a paper, generate a title for this paper such that conveys the key focus of the paper.
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Abstract: Angiotensin II (AII) binds to specific receptors in the lactotroph and stimulates PRL secretion from isolated rat pituitary cells. Since estrogens exert major regulatory actions on PRL secretion, the effects of estradiol (E2) on pituitary AII receptors and PRL responses were studied in vivo and in cultured rat anterior pituitary cells. In female rats, treatment with E2-containing Silastic capsules for 4 days caused a significant increase in PRA from 1.3 to 3 ng/ml X min and a 38% decrease in the binding of [125I]AII to anterior pituitary membrane-rich fractions (P less than 0.01). In vitro studies showed that treatment of cultured anterior pituitary cells with 1 nM E2 for 4 days caused a 57 +/- 6% decrease in AII receptor concentration with no change in binding affinity. Reduction of AII receptors by E2 in 4-day cultures was dose dependent and was demonstrable with E2 concentrations that occur in plasma during the estrous cycle (0.01-1 nM). The decrease in AII receptors in cells incubated with 1 nM E2 was near maximum after 24 h of culture, and results were similar when receptor concentrations were calculated per unit protein or per cell. Despite the substantial decrease in AII receptors, E2 treatment did not specifically decrease the responsiveness of the pituitary cells to AII stimulation. Thus, PRL responses to AII (10 nM) or TRH (100 nM) were unchanged after 1 day of E2 treatment and were increased after 4 days of treatment. These findings demonstrate that E2 has a direct inhibitory action on expression of pituitary AII receptors that is not accompanied by a decrease in AII-stimulated PRL secretion. In the rat pituitary, estrogen modulation of postreceptor events is the predominant determinant of lactotroph responsiveness during stimulation of PRL release by AII.
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Effects of 17 beta-estradiol on angiotensin II receptors and prolactin release in cultured pituitary cells.


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Abstract: The transsphenoidal route to the pituitary gland is well established in neurosurgical practice, and several approaches to the sphenoidal air sinus have been described. In this paper, the authors describe a technique that utilizes a direct route through the nasal cavity, thereby minimizing disruption of normal tissues.
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A direct transnasal approach to the sphenoid sinus. Technical note.


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Abstract: A series of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) was raised in mice against Schistosoma mansoni, which recognized a carbohydrate determinant on a major Mr greater than 200,000 schistosomulum surface antigen. These mAb cross-reacted with the surface of cercariae and miracidia and with schistosomula of S. haematobium and S. bovis. Other mAb were generated that only recognized a Mr 20,000 schistosomulum surface antigen; they did not cross-react with eggs or miracidia and were species specific. The anti-Mr 20,000 mAb of the IgG1 isotype exhibited high levels of complement-dependent cytotoxicity to schistosomula in vitro. IgM mAb that recognized carbohydrate epitopes of the Mr greater than 200,000 surface antigen blocked the lethal activity of the anti-Mr 20,000 mAb. The IgM anti-Mr greater than 200,000 mAb also reduced complement-dependent cytotoxicity of serum from mice vaccinated with irradiated cercariae.
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IgM antibodies recognizing carbohydrate epitopes shared between schistosomula and miracidia of Schistosoma mansoni that block in vitro killing.


