Open AccessNew opportunities in the treatment and management of acromegaly
Author(s) -
Nadezhda Dalantaeva,
Е А Пигарова,
Л К Дзеранова,
Rozhinskaya L Ya,
И И Дедов
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ožirenie i metabolizm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2306-5524
pISSN - 2071-8713
DOI - 10.14341/2071-8713-4970
Subject(s) - acromegaly , aryl hydrocarbon receptor , receptor , gene , biology , medicine , computational biology , bioinformatics , genetics , growth hormone , hormone , transcription factor
Genetic aspects of familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA) are expanding rapidly in the last few years. Around 20% of these FIPA families have been identified to have mutations within the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene. The number of identified AIP-positive FIPA families is increasing all over the world.