Human pituitary tumours express the bHLH transcription factors NeuroD1 and ASH1

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 957-965

  Ferretti, E ^a   Di Stefano, D ^b   Zazzeroni, F ^a   Gallo, R ^a   Fratticci, A ^a   Carfagnini, R ^a   Angiulli, S ^a   Santoro, A ^c   Minniti, G ^d   Tamburrano, G ^e   Alesse, E ^a   Cantore, G ^c,d   Gulino, A ^b,d   Jaffrain Rea, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASH1; NeuroD1; Pathogenesis; Pituitary tumours; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ASH1 PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 0347182838     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03348192     Document Type: Article

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