Expression of Wnt4 in human pituitary adenomas regulates activation of the β-catenin-independent pathway

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-273

  Miyakoshi, Takashi ^a   Takei, Mao ^b   Kajiya, Hanako ^a   Egashira, Noboru ^a   Takekoshi, Susumu ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^b   Osamura, Robert Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Frizzled6 (Fzd6); Human pituitary adenoma; Wnt signaling; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FOLLITROPIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 6; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN; CTNNB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FZD6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING ADENOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN SECRETING ADENOMA; ADENOMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; WNT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749136421     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-008-9048-9     Document Type: Article

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