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A Parathyroid-Gut Axis: Hypercalcemia and the Pathogenesis of Gastrinoma in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 1.
Molecular cancer research : MCR - 1 Jun 2021
Hackeng Wenzel M, Dreijerink Koen M A, Offerhaus G Johan A, Brosens Lodewijk A A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 (MEN1) syndrome have a germline mutation in the MEN1 gene. Loss of the wild-type allele can initiate endocrine tumorigenesis. Microscopic and macroscopic pituitary, parathyroid, and pancreatic tumors (referred to as the 3 P's) show loss of the wild-type MEN1 allele up to 100%. In contrast, the duodenal gastrinoma pathogenesis in MEN1 syndrome follows a...
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