TheCables1Gene in Glucocorticoid Regulation of Pituitary Corticotrope Growth and Cushing Disease
Author(s) -
Audrey Roussel-Gervais,
Catherine Couture,
David Langlais,
Shinobu Takayasu,
Aurélio Balsalobre,
Bo R. Rueda,
Lawrence Zukerberg,
Dominique FigarellaBranger,
Thierry Brue,
Jacques Drouin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2015-3324
Subject(s) - corticotropic cell , cushing's disease , glucocorticoid , endocrinology , medicine , somatotropic cell , growth hormone , pituitary gland , biology , disease , hormone
Cushing disease (CD) is due to pituitary corticotrope adenomas that produce unrestrained ACTH secretion and have lost the negative feedback exerted by glucocorticoids (GCs). GCs also restrain corticotrope proliferation, and the mechanisms of this inhibition are poorly understood.
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