Article
Genetic abnormalities in sporadic parathyroid adenomas: loss of heterozygosity for chromosome 3q markers flanking the calcium receptor locus.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Nov 1995
Thompson D B, Samowitz W S, Odelberg S, Davis R K, Szabo J, Heath H
Abstract excerpt
Inactivating mutations of the parathyroid cell calcium receptor (CaR) gene cause one form of familial benign/hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, and in homozygous form, cause neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism with parathyroid hyperplasia. Thus, we postulated that partial or total loss of CaR function might contribute to calcium insensitivity or even stimulate cell proliferation in sporadic parathyroid adenomas...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Alleles
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- DNA
- Genetic Markers
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Parathyroid Neoplasms
