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Absence of constitutively activating mutations in the GHRH receptor in GH-producing pituitary tumors.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Aug 2001
Lee E J, Kotlar T J, Ciric I, Lee M K, Lim S K, Lee H C, Huh K B, Mayo K E, Jameson J L
Abstract excerpt
The molecular events leading to the development of GH-producing pituitary tumors remain largely unknown. We hypothesized that activating mutations of the GHRH receptor might occur in a subset of GH-producing pituitary tumors. Genomic DNA samples from 54 GH-producing pituitary tumor tissues were screened for mutations of the GHRH receptor. Eleven homozygous or heterozygous nucleotide substitutions [169G > A...
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