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Description of a Brazilian patient bearing the R271W Pit-1 gene mutation.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Apr 1998
Rodrigues Martineli A M, Braga M, De Lacerda L, Raskin S, Graf H
Abstract excerpt
The pituitary-specific transcription factor Pit-1/GHF-1 is responsible for pituitary development and expression of somatotrophs and lactotrophs as well as hormonal regulation of the prolactin (PRL) and thyrotropin (TSH) beta genes by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). Pit-1 gene mutations result in complete growth hormone (GH) and PRL deficiencies and variable degrees...
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