[HTML][HTML] Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: a model for neuroendocrine tumor classification

SL Asa, O Mete, MD Cusimano, IE McCutcheon… - Modern Pathology, 2021 - Elsevier
The classification of adenohypophysial neoplasms as “pituitary neuroendocrine
tumors”(PitNETs) was proposed in 2017 to reflect their characteristics as epithelial …

Pituitary tumours: molecular and genetic aspects

SMC De Sousa, NF Lenders, LS Lamb… - Journal of …, 2023 - joe.bioscientifica.com
'Pituitary tumours' is an umbrella term for various tumours originating from different regions
of the hypothalamic–pituitary system. The vast majority of pituitary tumours are pituitary …

Prevalence and clinical correlations of SF3B1 variants in lactotroph tumours

J Simon, LG Perez-Rivas, Y Zhao… - European journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective A somatic mutational hotspot in the SF3B1 gene was reported in lactotroph
tumours. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of driver SF3B1 variants in a …

Chromosomal instability in the prediction of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors prognosis

H Lasolle, MH Elsensohn, A Wierinckx, E Alix… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2020 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of copy number variations (CNV) on
sporadic pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) prognosis, to identify specific prognosis …

PAM variants in patients with thyrotrophinomas, cyclical Cushing's disease and prolactinomas

SMC De Sousa, A Shen, CJ Yates… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Germline loss-of-function variants in PAM, encoding peptidylglycine α-
amidating monooxygenase (PAM), were recently discovered to be enriched in conditions of …

Large scale molecular studies of pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: Novel markers, mechanisms and translational perspectives

R Peculis, H Niedra, V Rovite - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors are non-cancerous tumors of the pituitary
gland, that may overproduce hormones leading to serious health conditions or due to tumor …

Genomics and epigenomics of pituitary tumors: what do pathologists need to know?

SL Asa, O Mete, S Ezzat - Endocrine pathology, 2021 - Springer
Molecular pathology has advanced our understanding of many tumors and offers
opportunities to identify novel therapies. In the pituitary, the field has uncovered several …

Dopamine agonist therapy for prolactinomas: do we need to rethink the place of surgery in prolactinoma management?

SMC De Sousa - Endocrine Oncology, 2022 - eo.bioscientifica.com
The current treatment paradigm for prolactinomas involves dopamine agonist (DA) therapy
as the first-line treatment, with surgical resection reserved for cases where there is DA failure …

Tumour fibrosis in dopamine agonist-exposed prolactinomas is a diminishing concern

SMC De Sousa, AK Jukes, NG Candy… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Statement. Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 19, 722–740 (2023) 1), which highlights rare but serious
dopamine agonist-related toxicities, such as impulse control disorders, as we demonstrated …

Genomic and molecular characterization of pituitary adenoma pathogenesis: review and translational opportunities

M Elsarrag, PD Patel, A Chatrath, D Taylor… - Neurosurgical Focus, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Innovations in genomics, epigenomics, and transcriptomics now lay the
groundwork for therapeutic interventions against neoplastic disease. In the past 30 years …