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. 2005 Jan 27;102(6):2204–2209. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409494102

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4.

Distribution of GnRH-R transcripts in individual pituitary cells. (Left) Graphs showing the distribution of R1 (red), R2 (green), and R3 (black) transcripts in individual cells expressing PRL (immature, 28 cells; mature, 43 cells) (A), GH (immature 33 cells; mature, 33 cells) (B), SL (immature 34 cells; mature, 23 cells) (C), FSH (immature, 44 cells; mature, 33 cells) (D), LH (immature, 40 cells; mature, 40 cells) (E), TSH (immature, 30 cells; mature, 26 cells) (F), MSH (immature, 39 cells; mature, 40 cells) (G), and ACTH (immature, 38 cells; mature, 34 cells) (H) taken from immature (short bars) and mature (circles) males. The x axis represents cell identity numbers and the y axis represents copies of GnRH-R transcripts per cell. The short bars and circles below zero are undetectable levels of GnRH-Rs in positively identified pituitary cells. (Right) Histograms showing the average copies of R1, R2, and R3 transcripts per cell deduced from the total number of cells expressing PRL (A), GH (B), SL (C), FSH (D), LH (E), TSH (F), MSH (G), and ACTH (H) taken from immature (IM, filled bars) and mature males (M, open bars). Statistical comparisons are per cell basis using nonparametric ANOVA followed by Fisher's probable least-squares difference test. *, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01. Cell numbers are given in parentheses.