Article
Biochemical characteristics of human pituitary somatotropinomas with and without gsp mutations: in vitro cell culture studies.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1995
Adams E F, Lei T, Buchfelder M, Petersen B, Fahlbusch R
Abstract excerpt
Gsp oncogenes are present in about 40% of somatotropinomas. They result in excessive cAMP production and have been proposed to be the cause of increased GH secretion. We have used in vitro cell culture to compare the biochemical characteristics of somatotropinomas with and without gsp oncogenes (gsp-positive and gsp-negative tumors, respectively). Of 30 somatotropinomas examined, 10 proved to be gsp positive, as...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Growth Hormone
- Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Octreotide
- Oncogenes
- Phosphatidylinositols
- Pituitary Neoplasms
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
