Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1): analysis of 1336 mutations reported in the first decade following identification of the gene

MC Lemos, RV Thakker - Human mutation, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant disorder
characterized by the occurrence of tumors of the parathyroids, pancreas, and anterior …

Clinical and molecular genetics of acromegaly: MEN1, Carney complex, McCune–Albright syndrome, familial acromegaly and genetic defects in sporadic tumors

A Horvath, CA Stratakis - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2008 - Springer
Pituitary tumors are among the most common neoplasms in man; they account for
approximately 15% of all primary intracranial lesions (Jagannathan et al., Neurosurg Focus …

Regulation of the RelA (p65) transactivation domain

JM O'Shea, ND Perkins - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2008 - portlandpress.com
Abstract The RelA (p65) NF-κB (nuclear factor κB) subunit contains an extremely active C-
terminal transcriptional activation domain, required for its cellular function. In the present …

Menin promotes the Wnt signaling pathway in pancreatic endocrine cells

G Chen, M Wang, S Farley, LY Lee, LC Lee… - Molecular Cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Menin is a tumor suppressor protein mutated in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia
type 1. We show that menin is essential for canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cultured …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) syndrome

F Marini, A Falchetti, E Luzi, F Tonelli… - Cancer Syndromes …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare hereditary endocrine cancer
syndrome characterized primarily by tumors of the parathyroid glands (95% of cases) …

Multiple endocrine neoplasms

A Falchetti, F Marini, E Luzi, F Tonelli… - Best Practice & Research …, 2008 - Elsevier
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) and type 2 (MEN2) are rare autosomal-
dominant disorders characterized by primary tumours in at least two different endocrine …

Role of menin in the regulation of telomerase activity in normal and cancer cells

M Hashimoto, S Kyo, X Hua… - International …, 2008 - spandidos-publications.com
Transcriptional activation of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is critical for
telomerase expression, a major step for cellular immortality and carcinogenesis. Although …

Somatostatin stimulates menin gene expression by inhibiting protein kinase A

E Mensah-Osman, Y Zavros… - American Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Somatostatin is a potent inhibitor of gastrin secretion and gene expression. Menin is a 67-
kDa protein product of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene that when …

[PDF][PDF] Parathyroid tumor development involves deregulation of homeobox genes

HCJ Shen, JE Rosen, LM Yang… - Endocrine-related …, 2008 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is an autosomal dominant syndrome caused by
mutations in the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene. Loss of the functional second copy of the …

Tumour suppressor menin is essential for development of the pancreatic endocrine cells

S Fontaniere, B Duvillié, R Scharfmann… - J …, 2008 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Mutations of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene predispose patients to
MEN1 that affects mainly endocrine tissues, suggesting important physiological functions of …