Article
Analysis of the MEN1 gene in sporadic pituitary adenomas.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jun 1999
Schmidt M C, Henke R T, Stangl A P, Meyer-Puttlitz B, Stoffel-Wagner B, Schramm J, von Deimling A
Abstract excerpt
The MEN1 gene on chromosome 11q13 is mutated in patients afflicted with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 1 (MEN1). These patients develop endocrine tumours of the pancreas, the parathyroid, and the anterior pituitary. In order to determine the role of MEN1 in sporadic pituitary adenomas, 61 pituitary adenomas were analysed from patients without evidence of a familial tumour syndrome. Single strand...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- DNA Primers
- Gene Deletion
- Humans
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Mutation
- Pituitary Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
