Genetics of Cushing's disease.

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Corticotroph tumours are primarily sporadic monoclonal neoplasms and only rarely found in genetic syndromes. Recurrent mutations in the ubiquitin specific protease 8 (USP8) gene are found in around half of cases. Mutations in other genes such as USP48 and NR3C1 are less frequent, found in less than ~20% of cases. TP53 and ATXR mutations are reported in up to one out of four cases, when focusing in USP8 wild type...

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