Somatic Deletion in Exon 10 of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Gene in Human GH-Secreting Pituitary Tumors
Objective/PurposeThe aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) pathway plays a critical role in the biology of Growth Hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary tumor (somatotropinoma). Germline rs2066853 AHR variant was found to be more frequent among acromegaly patients and associated with a more severe disease with...
Main Authors: | Agnese Re, Francesco Ferraù, Concetta Cafiero, Federica Spagnolo, Valeria Barresi, Daniela Petronilla Romeo, Marta Ragonese, Claudio Grassi, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Antonella Farsetti, Salvatore Cannavò |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-11-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2020.591039/full |
Similar Items
-
Cardiometabolic Risk in Acromegaly: A Review With a Focus on Pasireotide
by: Soraya Puglisi, et al.
Published: (2020-02-01) -
Diabetes Secondary to Acromegaly: Physiopathology, Clinical Features and Effects of Treatment
by: Francesco Ferraù, et al.
Published: (2018-07-01) -
The man with acromegaly who inspired the Shrek animated project
by: Lorenzo Curtò, et al.
Published: (2019-11-01) -
Circulating aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) is independent of GH secretion
by: Marko Stojanovic, et al.
Published: (2019-03-01) -
An extremely rare association of TSH-secreting pituitary adenoma, metastatic neuroendocrine tumor and Cushing’s syndrome in a patient with MEN-1 gene mutation
by: Giuseppe Giuffrida, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)