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Genetics of primary macronodular adrenal hyperplasia.
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Jan 2000
Candida Barisson Villares Fragoso Maria, Pontes Cavalcante Isadora, Meneses Ferreira Amanda, Marinho de Paula Mariani Beatriz, Ferini Pacicco Lotfi Claudimara
Abstract excerpt
Recent advances in molecular genetics investigations of primary macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PMAH) have been providing new insights for the research on this issue. The cAMP-dependent pathway is physiologically triggered by ACTH and its receptor, MC2-R, in adrenocortical cells. Different mechanisms of this cascade may be altered in some functioning adrenal cortical disorders. Activating somatic mutations of...
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