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Growth Hormone-Producing Pituitary Gland Neoplasm

Known as: Somatotrophinoma, Growth Hormone Secreting Tumor of Pituitary Gland, Growth Hormone Secreting Neoplasm of the Pituitary 
An adenoma or carcinoma of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that produces growth hormone.
National Institutes of Health

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2015
2015
SMAD3 and SP1/SP3 Transcription Factors Collaborate to Regulate Connective Tissue Growth Factor Gene Expression in Myoblasts in Response to Transforming Growth Factor β
Fibrotic disorders are characterized by an increase in extracellular matrix protein expression and deposition, Duchene Muscular… 
2013
2013
Screening for AIP gene mutations in a Han Chinese pituitary adenoma cohort followed by LOH analysis.
OBJECTIVE The aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein gene (AIP) is associated with pituitary adenoma (PA). AIP has not… 
2009
2009
Genome-wide scan identifies novel modifier loci of acromegalic phenotypes for isolated familial somatotropinoma.
Isolated familial somatotropinoma (IFS) accounts for 18% of familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) cases. Recently, germline… 
2008
2008
Prevalence of gsp oncogene in somatotropinomas and clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas: our experience
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the prevalence of the gsp oncogene in Brazilian patients harboring… 
2001
2001
Associations of Micro-Albuminuria with Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation
Background/Aim: Micro-albuminuria is associated with insulin resistance and a high blood pressure and predicts an increased risk… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
New developments in the management of acromegaly. Should we achieve absolute biochemical cure?
Acromegaly is an uncommon condition with a prevalence in European populations of about 40 per million, and an incidence of four… 
1987
1987
Glucocorticoid modulation of growth hormone secretion in vitro. Evidence for a biphasic effect on GH-releasing hormone mediated release.
Glucocorticoids have been shown to have both stimulatory and suppressive effects on GH secretion in vitro and in vivo. In order… 
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Regulation of growth hormone release from cultured human pituitary adenomas by somatomedins and insulin.
GH secretion is stimulated by hypothalamic GH-releasing factor (GHRH) and inhibited by somatostatin. Since GH induces the… 
1979
1979
Kniest Dysplasia. A Histochemical Study of the Growth Plate
Summary: Chondro-osseous tissue from four patients with the Kniest dysplasia was studied histochemically using a new plastic… 
1977
1977
Isolation of a somatomedin from plasma of rats bearing growth hormone secreting tumors.
We have purified a protein which has somatomedin-like properties from the serum of Wistar-Furth rats bearing a growth hormone… 
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