[HTML][HTML] Acromegaly pathogenesis and treatment

S Melmed - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2009 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Dysregulated growth hormone (GH) hypersecretion is usually caused by a GH-secreting
pituitary adenoma and leads to acromegaly—a disorder of disproportionate skeletal, tissue …

Pathogenesis of pituitary tumors

S Melmed - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2011 - nature.com
Pituitary adenomas may hypersecrete hormones (including prolactin, growth hormone and
adrenocorticotropic hormone, and rarely follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone or …

[HTML][HTML] A diagnostic marker set for invasion, proliferation, and aggressiveness of prolactin pituitary tumors

A Wierinckx, C Auger, P Devauchelle… - Endocrine-related …, 2007 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Although most pituitary tumors are benign, some are invasive or aggressive. In the absence
of specific markers of malignancy, only tumors with metastases are considered malignant …

MicroRNAs differentially expressed in ACTH-secreting pituitary tumors

FC Amaral, N Torres, F Saggioro… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Context: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs, functioning as antisense
regulators of gene expression by targeting mRNA and contributing to cancer development …

Loss of function of the tumor suppressor DKC1 perturbs p27 translation control and contributes to pituitary tumorigenesis

C Bellodi, O Krasnykh, N Haynes, M Theodoropoulou… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Mutations in DKC1, encoding for dyskerin, a pseudouridine synthase that modifies rRNA
and regulates telomerase activity, are associated with ribosomal dysfunction and increased …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of integrin αvβ6 cystine knot PET tracers to detect cancer and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

RH Kimura, L Wang, B Shen, L Huo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Advances in precision molecular imaging promise to transform our ability to detect, diagnose
and treat disease. Here, we describe the engineering and validation of a new cystine knot …

MicroRNA profile indicates downregulation of the TGFβ pathway in sporadic non-functioning pituitary adenomas

H Butz, I Likó, S Czirják, P Igaz, M Korbonits, K Rácz… - Pituitary, 2011 - Springer
Abstract MicroRNAs (miRs) are small, 16–29 nucleotide long, non-coding RNA molecules
which regulate the stability or translational efficiency of targeted mRNAs via RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular and molecular specificity of pituitary gland physiology

C Perez-Castro, U Renner, MR Haedo… - Physiological …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
The anterior pituitary gland has the ability to respond to complex signals derived from central
and peripheral systems. Perception of these signals and their integration are mediated by …

Selective Loss of MEG3 Expression and Intergenic Differentially Methylated Region Hypermethylation in the MEG3/DLK1 Locus in Human Clinically Nonfunctioning …

R Gejman, DL Batista, Y Zhong, Y Zhou… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: MEG3 is an imprinted gene encoding a novel noncoding RNA that suppresses
tumor cell growth. Although highly expressed in the normal human pituitary, it is unknown …

Whole-genome sequencing of growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenomas

N Välimäki, H Demir, E Pitkänen… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: The somatic landscape of pituitary adenomas is largely unknown. Identification of
somatic alterations aims at better understanding of tumor pathology. Objective: The objective …