In a new study published in Cell Reports, Finnish researchers show that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in ...

Cushing disease is a specific type of Cushing syndrome that develops as a result of a pituitary tumor. Proper treatment can help prevent serious complications of either condition. Cushing syndrome is ...

Autoimmune processes targeting the pituitary gland give rise to a spectrum of clinical syndromes that disrupt endocrine homeostasis. Central to this spectrum is hypophysitis, an inflammatory ...

Cushing syndrome, a rare hormonal disorder, stems from prolonged high cortisol levels, often due to steroid use or tumors.

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland. Situated at the base of ...

The pituitary gland, a central node of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, has emerged as a region of interest in the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders. Volumetric studies using ...

As of September 1, 2021, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has infected over 219 million and ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland with a key role in puberty and reproduction, come from two different populations, with the ...

Stem cell biologist Hugo Vankelecom (KU Leuven) and his colleagues have discovered that the pituitary gland in mice ages as the result of an age-related form of chronic inflammation. It may be ...

A pituitary adenoma, also called a pituitary tumor, is a growth in your pituitary gland. Your pituitary is a small, bean-shaped gland behind your nose at the base of your brain. Your pituitary helps ...

The pituitary gland is the size of a pea, but it plays a major role in the endocrine system. It is often called the master gland because it controls several other hormone glands in the body. Almost ...