PTTG overexpression is correlated with angiogenesis in human pituitary adenomas

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-153

  Minematsu, Takeo ^a   Suzuki, Masanori ^b   Sanno, Naoko ^b   Takekoshi, Susumu ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^b   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Cell proliferation; Pituitary; PTTG; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; HUMAN PITUITARY TUMOR TRANSFORMING PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOMA; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33845701415     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:17:2:143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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