2017
Long-term outcomes of tissue-based ACTH-antibody assay-guided transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas in Cushing disease.
Erfe JM, Perry A, McClaskey J, Inzucchi SE, James WS, Eid T, Bronen RA, Mahajan A, Huttner A, Santos F, Spencer D. Long-term outcomes of tissue-based ACTH-antibody assay-guided transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas in Cushing disease. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2017, 129: 629-641. PMID: 29027854, DOI: 10.3171/2017.3.jns162245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranssphenoidal resectionMRI studiesCushing's diseaseCortisol levelsLong-term corticosteroid therapyUrinary free cortisol levelsLong-term disease remissionLong-term patient outcomesResults Fourteen patientsLong-term outcomesPostoperative MRI studiesSurgical tumor samplesFree cortisol levelsPreoperative MRI studiesPrecise tumor localizationACTH antibodiesPituitary microCorticosteroid therapyStudy patientsDisease remissionFourteen patientsRemission rateRetrospective reviewTreatment failureCure rate
1996
Heparin-binding secretory transforming gene (hst) facilitates rat lactotrope cell tumorigenesis and induces prolactin gene transcription.
Shimon I, Hüttner A, Said J, Spirina O, Melmed S. Heparin-binding secretory transforming gene (hst) facilitates rat lactotrope cell tumorigenesis and induces prolactin gene transcription. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1996, 97: 187-195. PMID: 8550832, PMCID: PMC507078, DOI: 10.1172/jci118388.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DivisionFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 4Fibroblast Growth FactorsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansNeoplasm InvasivenessPituitary NeoplasmsProlactinProlactinomaProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-OncogenesRatsRats, WistarRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsFibroblast growth factor 4Cell nuclear antigen stainingBasal PRL secretionGrowth hormone releaseDose-dependent increaseRecombinant FGF-4PRL secretionTumor cell culturesProlactin secretionSubcutaneous injectionAutocrine actionHormone releasePituitary cell lineAntigen stainingHuman prolactinomasProlactinoma developmentGH4 cellsHistologic invasivenessTumor growthCell tumorigenesisMRNA expressionPRL synthesisLuciferase reporterPrimary ratPituitary tumorigenesis
1994
Growth hormone gene structure in human pituitary somatotrophinomas: promoter region sequence and methylation studies
Hüttner A, Adams E, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R. Growth hormone gene structure in human pituitary somatotrophinomas: promoter region sequence and methylation studies. Journal Of Molecular Endocrinology 1994, 12: 167-172. PMID: 8060481, DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0120167.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Recent Advances in the Molecular Biology of Growth-Hormone Secreting Human Pituitary Tumours
Adams E, Buchfelder M, Hüttner A, Moreth S, Fahlbusch R. Recent Advances in the Molecular Biology of Growth-Hormone Secreting Human Pituitary Tumours. Experimental And Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes 1993, 101: 12-16. PMID: 8477819, DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1211202.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClone CellsGrowth HormoneHumansMethylationOncogenesPituitary NeoplasmsPromoter Regions, GeneticConceptsGH geneX-chromosome inactivationAlpha s subunitGene expressionPromoter regionS subunitsSequence analysisMolecular biologyRFLP analysisDNA technologyGs proteinGenesGH gene expressionSingle cellsSomatic mutationsHuman pituitary tumorsMutationsCAMP productionGsp mutationsExpressionCyclase activityRecent advancesSubunitsBiologyAdenyl cyclase activity