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ENDOCRINE
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 285-291Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-012-9682-3
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Non-functioning pituitary adenomas; Somatostatin; PI3K; mTOR; ERK
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Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) comprise a heterogeneous group, which are considered the most common pituitary tumor. As no clinically hormone hypersecretion is apparent, non-functioning pituitary adenomas are often diagnosed only when they are large enough to cause tumor mass effects, such as hypopituitarism, visual field defects or headaches. Efficient medical therapy for NFPAs is currently unavailable and surgical treatment of these tumors is not always satisfactory. Characterization of signaling regulatory events in the context of NFPAs may enable the development of new attractive novel strategies. Although data regarding gene expression profiling of signaling pathways in NFPAs have accumulated, studies aimed at fine-classification of NFPAs-specific signaling regulatory mechanisms and feedback loops are scarce.
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