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Extensive expertise in endocrinology: glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide–dependent Cushing's syndrome
28 Feb 2023
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Thirty years ago, we identified that cortisol secretion in some patients with unilateral adenoma or primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) was stimulated by food intake; this was secondary to the abnormal adrenocortical responsiveness to physiological post-prandial increase in glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP). This resulted from the ectopic expression of non-mutated GIP receptor...
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