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- Title
Mechanisms for pituitary tumorigenesis: the plastic pituitary.
- Authors
Melmed, Shlomo
- Abstract
The anterior pituitary gland integrates the repertoire of hormonal signals controlling thyroid, adrenal, reproductive, and growth functions. The gland responds to complex central and peripheral signals by trophic hormone secretion and by undergoing reversible plastic changes in cell growth leading to hyperplasia, involution, or benign adenomas arising from functional pituitary cells. Discussed herein are the mechanisms underlying hereditary pituitary hypoplasia, reversible pituitary hyperplasia, excess hormone production, and tumor initiation and promotion associated with normal and abnormal pituitary differentiation in health and disease.
- Publication
The Journal of clinical investigation, 2003, Vol 112, Issue 11, p1603
- ISSN
0021-9738
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1172/JCI20401