The relationship between pituitary tumour transforming gene (PTTG) expression and in vitro hormone and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) secretion from human pituitary adenomas

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-211

  Hunter, J A C ^a   Skelly, R H ^a   Aylwin, S J B ^a   Geddes, J F ^a   Evanson, J ^a   Besser, G M ^a   Monson, J P ^a   Burrin, J M ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; PITUITARY TUMOUR TRANFORMING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTO ONCOGENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOKINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0037297587     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1480203     Document Type: Article

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