A case of Cushing's disease caused by pituitary adenoma producing adrenocorticotropic hormone and growth hormone concomitantly: Aberrant expression of transcription factors NeuroD1 and Pit-1 as a proposed mechanism

Modern Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1102-1105

  Tahara, Shigeyuki ^a   Kurotani, Reiko ^b   Ishii, Yudo ^a   Sanno, Naoko ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; ACTH secreting adenoma; Cushing's disease; GH; NeuroD1; Pit 1; Pituitary; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUSHING DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOMA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CUSHING SYNDROME; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036792674     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000030451.28828.00     Document Type: Article

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