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Epigenomic Silencing of the BMP-4 Gene in Pituitary Adenomas: A Potential Target for Epidrug-Induced Re-expression
14 Jun 2012
Abstract excerpt
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-4 is a key mediator of anterior pituitary organogenesis. However, through inappropriate expression patterns, BMP-4 is also pathogenic in a pituitary adenoma subtype-specific context. In these cases, increase or decrease in BMP-4 in lactotroph- and corticotroph-derived adenomas, respectively, is consistent with a bifunction role for this protein toward either promotion or...
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