Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
The patient is a 51-year-old woman with Cushing's disease and intact adrenal glands who was diagnosed with metastatic pituitary carcinoma to the liver, 29 months after initial resection of an ACTH-secreting primary atypical pituitary adenoma (APA).
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28420444 |
2017 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Microadenomas that strongly express POMC were common among mutated tumors, which may lead to the mechanisms by which very small adenomas secrete excess ACTH to present overt CD.
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26578638 |
2016 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
In each section, we endeavor to correlate basic mechanisms of ACTH function with the pathological consequences of ACTH signaling deficiency and of overproduction of ACTH.
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26793988 |
2016 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
AlteredExpression
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disease |
BEFREE |
Using quantitative real-time PCR, various ACTH-related gene expressions in tumor tissues from CD, subCD, and NFT were measured such as pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), POMC transcription factor (Tpit, Pitx1, NeuroD1, and Nur77), POMC peptide processing enzymes (prohormone convertase: PC1/3 and PC2), and ACTH secretion-related factors (corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1: CRHR1 and glucocorticoid receptor α: GRα).
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27025408 |
2016 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cushing's syndrome is caused by excessive adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion derived from pituitary corticotroph tumors (Cushing disease) or from non-pituitary tumors (ectopic Cushing's syndrome).
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27935805 |
2016 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cushing's disease (CD) results from uncontrolled hypercortisolism induced by ACTH-secreting corticotroph adenomas; accordingly, patients diagnosed with CD usually present several comorbidities and an increased risk of mortality.
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26208471 |
2016 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cushing disease (CD) is due to pituitary corticotrope adenomas that produce unrestrained ACTH secretion and have lost the negative feedback exerted by glucocorticoids (GCs).
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26695862 |
2016 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cushing's disease (CD) arises from pituitary-dependent glucocorticoid excess due to an ACTH-secreting corticotroph tumor.
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26012588 |
2015 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cyclin E-Mediated Human Proopiomelanocortin Regulation as a Therapeutic Target for Cushing Disease.
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25942479 |
2015 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
OBJECT Functional corticotroph pituitary adenomas (PAs) secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and are the cause of Cushing's disease, which accounts for 70% of all cases of Cushing's syndrome.
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25639319 |
2015 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Taken together, somatic gain-of-function USP8 mutations are common and contribute to ACTH overproduction in Cushing's disease.
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25675982 |
2015 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Activation of the dopamine receptor type-2 (DRD2) promoter by 9-cis retinoic acid in a cellular model of Cushing's disease mediates the inhibition of cell proliferation and ACTH secretion without a complete corticotroph-to-melanotroph transdifferentiation.
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24926820 |
2014 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
AlteredExpression
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disease |
BEFREE |
This can be taken to indicate that mechanisms set into motion by AZA play a role in the regulation of ACTH secretion/POMC expression in tumoral corticotropes and paves the way to further studies in Cushing's disease.
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24085685 |
2014 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Octreotide, a somatostatin receptor type 2 (SSTR2)-preferring somatostatin analogue, has no effect on ACTH secretion in patients with Cushing's disease.
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25011056 |
2014 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Nelson's syndrome (NS) is characterized by the appearance and/or progression of ACTH-secreting pituitary macroadenomas in patients who had previously undergone bilateral adrenalectomy for the treatment of Cushing's disease.
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19655257 |
2011 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cushing disease is a condition in which the pituitary gland releases excessive adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) as a result of an adenoma arising from the ACTH-secreting cells in the anterior pituitary.
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22105169 |
2011 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
GeneticVariation
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disease |
BEFREE |
We characterized SCAs based on clinical, hormonal and molecular data, and compared the characteristics of these tumours with those of macro (MCA)- and micro (mCA)-ACTH adenomas with Cushing's disease.
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20385723 |
2010 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Cushing's disease (CD) is usually caused by ACTH-secreting pituitary microadenomas, while silent corticotroph adenomas (SCA) are macroadenomas without Cushingoid features.
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20616110 |
2010 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
Exaggerated response of adrenocorticotropic hormone to growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 test in Cushing's disease. Case report.
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19707004 |
2009 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor samples were obtained during transphenoidal surgery from patients with Cushing disease and normal pituitary tissues from autopsies.
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18840638 |
2009 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
GH secretagogues (GHS) produce exaggerated ACTH and cortisol responses in Cushing's disease (CD) patients, attributable to their direct action on GH-releasing peptide receptor type 1a (GHSR-1a).
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18426818 |
2008 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
AlteredExpression
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disease |
BEFREE |
GH secretagogues (GHS) have been used for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome (CS) since 1997 due to their ability to increase ACTH and cortisol levels in Cushing's disease.
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17556872 |
2007 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
AlteredExpression
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disease |
LHGDN |
POMC and Tpit mRNA levels were greater in CD and SCA than those in NFT.
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18057378 |
2007 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
Biomarker
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disease |
BEFREE |
ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome is due to ACTH overproduction originating from a pituitary corticotroph adenoma (Cushing's disease) or from ectopic tumors (ectopic ACTH syndrome).
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18075284 |
2007 |
Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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0.400 |
AlteredExpression
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disease |
BEFREE |
POMC and Tpit mRNA levels were greater in CD and SCA than those in NFT.
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18057378 |
2007 |