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Mutation analysis of inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding protein alpha (GNAI) loci in young and familial pituitary adenomas.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Pituitary adenomas are neoplasms of the anterior pituitary lobe and account for 15-20% of all intracranial tumors. Although most pituitary tumors are benign they can cause severe symptoms related to tumor size as well as hypopituitarism and/or ...
Hande Demir, Iikki Donner, Leena Kivipelto, Outi Kuismin, Camilla Schalin-Jäntti, Ernesto De Menis, Auli Karhu   +6 more
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Pulmonary nocardiosis associated with Cushing's disease: a case report

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2019
Nocardia spp. is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria which can cause cutaneous, pleuropulmonary, or disseminated disease. The latter two forms are encountered in immunocompromised patients, with prolonged usage of corticosteroids being a well-recognized ...
Charalampos C. Mylonas, Georgia Gomatou, Athina Asimakopoulou, Christos Masaoutis, George Kyriakopoulos, Maria Kopelia, Konstantinos Syrigos, Garyphallia Poulakou   +7 more
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A prospective longitudinal study of Pasireotide in Nelson's syndrome [PDF]

, 2018
PURPOSE: Nelson's syndrome is a challenging condition that can develop following bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease, with high circulating ACTH levels, pigmentation and an invasive pituitary tumor. There is no established medical therapy.
A Colao, A Colao, A Colao, A Colao, A Dornhorst, A Lacroix, A Munir, AA Kasperlik-Zaluska, AN Elias, Ashley B. Grossman, B Ambrosi, Constantine Girio-Fragkoulakis, CS Graffeo, DH Nelson, Eleni Daniel, G Assie, G Assie, G Gwinup, I Shimon, I Shraga-Slutzky, IL Wapnir, J Marek, John Newell-Price, K Hayashi, L Katznelson, L Kvols, LA Casulari, LJ Hofland, M Andreassen, M Reincke, Miguel Debono, MJ Levy, P Loli, PA Kelly, Peter J. Trainer, PJ Jenkins, R Pivonello, R Pivonello, RA Feelders, RR Henry, Scott A. Akker, Sharon Caunt, Stephen J. Walters, SW Lamberts, VJ Moyes, WJ Mauermann   +45 more
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Plurihormonal Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors: Clinical Relevance of Immunohistochemical Analysis

Diagnostics
Plurihormonal pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are rare forms of tumors that express more than one hormone. The most common association is between growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL), but other unusual combinations have been reported, such ...
Roxana-Ioana Dumitriu-Stan, Iulia-Florentina Burcea, Ramona Dobre, Valeria Nicoleta Nastase, Raluca Amalia Ceausu, Marius Raica, Catalina Poiana   +6 more
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in critical illness [PDF]

, 1993
Plasma ACTH and cortisol concentrations are frequently elevated in patients in intensive care units (ICU). To examine the functional integrity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during critical illness, we evaluated prospectively 53 ICU patients ...
Allolio, B., Reincke, Martin, Winkelmann, W., Würth, G.   +3 more
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The prevalence of resistant arterial hypertension and secondary causes in a cohort of hypertensive patients: a single center experience [PDF]

, 2017
The prevalence of resistant hypertension (RHT) still remains unknown. Aim of the study was to investigate in a large cohort of hypertensive patients the prevalence of RHT, and to identify in these patients the secondary forms of arterial hypertension (SH)
Concistre, Antonio, Costi, Umberto, D'Ermo, Giuseppe, DE TOMA, Giorgio, DE VINCENTIS, Giuseppe, Iannucci, Gino, Letizia, Claudio, Lucia, Piernatale, Marinelli, Cristiano, Matteo, Galassi, Olmati, Federica, Pergolini, Mario Sergio, Petramala, Luigi, Tonnarini, Gian Franco   +13 more
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Differential Changes in Expression of Stress- and Metabolic-related Neuropeptides in the Rat Hypothalamus during Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal [PDF]

, 2013
Chronic morphine treatment and naloxone precipitated morphine withdrawal activates stress-related brain circuit and results in significant changes in food intake, body weight gain and energy metabolism.
Ferenczi, Szilamér, Kovács, Krisztina J., Milanes, Victoria M., Nunez, Cristina, Pintér-Kübler, Bernadett, Polyák, Ágnes, Zelei, Edina   +6 more
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Role of somatostatin receptors in normal and tumoral pituitary corticotropic cells [PDF]

, 2010
Normal and tumoral pituitary corticotropic cells express sst2and sst5, of which sst5is the predominantly expressed receptor subtype. Somatostatin (SS) inhibits pituitary adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) secretion in vitro, but the sensitivity to SS is ...
Feelders, R.A. (Richard), Hofland, L.J. (Leo), Lamberts, S.W.J. (Steven)   +2 more
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Impact of Gene-Gender Effects of Adrenergic Polymorphisms on Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity in Depressed Patients [PDF]

, 2008
Objective: There is overwhelming evidence that activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system plays a major role in depression and cardiovascular disease in genetically susceptible individuals.
Baghai, Thomas C., Bondy, Brigitta, Eser, D., Haefner, S., Rupprecht, R., Schule, C., Spraul, M., Zill, P.   +7 more
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Trilostane in dogs [PDF]

, 2010
Over the last 10 years, trilostane, a competitive inhibitor of steroid synthesis, is being widely used for the treatment of canine hyperadrenocorticism.
Alenza, Angles, Baker, Barker, Bell, Benchekroun, Biller, Boag, Braddock, Cerundolo, Chapman, Clemente, Dewis, Dunn, Eastwood, Feldman, Galac, Galac, Golden, Goy-Thollot, Guptill, Hurley, Ian K. Ramsey, Kenefick, Kintzer, Komanicky, Leone, Lorenz, Machida, Mantis, McGee, McGowan, McGrotty, Neiger, Neiger, Neuman, Peterson, Potts, Puddefoot, Ramsey, Ramsey, Randolph, Reusch, Robinson, Ruckstuhl, Semple, Semple, Sieber-Ruckstuhl, Sieber-Ruckstuhl, Skelly, Tebb, Teshima, Tueni, Vaughan, Wenger, Wilbur, Williams, Winterberg, Witt, Zeugswetter   +59 more
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