Galanin in human pituitary adenomas: frequency and clinical significance

B Leung, TP Lismaa, KC Leung, YJ Hort… - Clinical …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary objectives Galanin (GAL) is a neuropeptide widely expressed in the central and
peripheral nervous system and in neuroendocrine tissue, including the adenohypophysis …

Galanin Is Released by Adrenocorticotropin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas in Vivo and in Vitro

C Invitti, FP Giraldi, A Dubini, P Moroni… - The Journal of …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Galanin, a brain-gut peptide, is also synthesized and released by the pituitary. In man,
galanin-like immunoreactivity and galanin messenger RNA have been detected specifically …

Presence of galanin-like immunoreactivity in nontumorous corticotrophs and corticotroph adenomas of the human pituitary

ME Vrontakis, T Sano, K Kovacs… - The Journal of Clinical …, 1990 - academic.oup.com
Galanin is a 29-amino acid neuropeptide widely distributed in the central nervous system.
Galanin-like immunoreactivity (galanin-LI) was investigated in 23 nontumorous human …

Galanin in the normal human pituitary and brain and in pituitary adenomas

WM Bennet, SF Hill, MA Ghatei… - Journal of …, 1991 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Galanin-like immunoreactivity (IR) was measured by radioimmunoassay in extracts of non-
tumorous and tumorous human pituitaries and in multiple sites in the human brain. Galanin …

Galanin in pituitary adenomas

E Grenbäck, P Bjellerup, E Wallerman, L Lundblad… - Regulatory peptides, 2004 - Elsevier
Tumor galanin content was measured in extracts from human pituitary adenomas using a
specific RIA method for monitoring human galanin. Twenty-two out of twenty-four tumors …

Coexpression of galanin and adrenocorticotropic hormone in human pituitary and pituitary adenomas.

DW Hsu, SC Hooi, ET Hedley-Whyte… - The American journal …, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Galanin is a neuropeptide that regulates the secretion of several pituitary hormones,
including prolactin (PRL) and growth hormone (GH). Galaninlike immunoreactivity (Gal-IR) …

Galanin in normal and hyperplastic anterior pituitary cells: from pituitary tumor cell lines to transgenic mice

JF Hyde, JP MOORE JR, A Cai - … of the New York Academy of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Studies on the regulation of galanin expression in the epithelial cells of the anterior pituitary
gland have provided a wealth of insight into the cellular and molecular biology of this unique …

Galanin and its three receptors in human pituitary adenoma

R Tofighi, S Barde, M Palkovits, A Höög, T Hökfelt… - Neuropeptides, 2012 - Elsevier
Galanin, a 29-aminoacid peptide (30 in humans), is widely distributed in the nervous and
endocrine systems and exerts its actions via three G-protein-coupled receptors, GalR1–3 …

Effect of endocrine manipulation on anterior pituitary galanin in the rat

DJ O'HALLORAN, PM JONES, JH STEEL… - …, 1990 - academic.oup.com
Galanin is widely distributed throughout the rat neural and endocrine system. The highest
concentrations are found in the anterior pituitary, and it can influence classical pituitary …

Localization and molecular forms of galanin in human adrenals: elevated levels in pheochromocytomas

FE Bauer, GW Hacker, G Terenghi… - The Journal of …, 1986 - academic.oup.com
Galanin immunoreactivity was measured by RIA, using antibodies directed against both the
non-C-and C-terminal positions of porcine galanin, in tissue extracts of normal adrenals and …