PMID- 30289047 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240306 IS - 1744-8417 (Electronic) IS - 1744-6651 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2015 Jan TI - Molecular genetic advances in pituitary tumor development. PG - 35-53 LID - 10.1586/17446651.2015.955795 [doi] AB - Pituitary adenomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that may occur as part of a complex syndrome or as an isolated endocrinopathy and both forms can be familial or non-familial. Studies of syndromic and non-syndromic pituitary adenomas have yielded important insights about the molecular mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis. Thus, syndromic forms, including multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), MEN4, Carney Complex and McCune Albright syndrome, have been shown to be due to mutations of the tumor-suppressor protein menin, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (p27(Kip1)), the protein kinase A regulatory subunit 1-alpha, and the G-protein alpha-stimulatory subunit (Gsalpha), respectively. Non-syndromic forms, which include familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) and sporadic tumors, have been shown to be due to abnormalities of: the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein; Gsalpha; signal transducers; cell cycle regulators; transcriptional modulators and miRNAs. The roles of these molecular abnormalities and epigenetic mechanisms in pituitary tumorigenesis, and their therapeutic implications are reviewed. FAU - Yates, Christopher J AU - Yates CJ AD - a 1 Academic Endocrine Unit, Radcliffe Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LJ, UK. AD - b 2 Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Melbourne Health, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Vic 3050, Australia. FAU - Lines, Kate E AU - Lines KE AD - a 1 Academic Endocrine Unit, Radcliffe Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LJ, UK. FAU - Thakker, Rajesh V AU - Thakker RV AD - a 1 Academic Endocrine Unit, Radcliffe Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7LJ, UK. LA - eng GR - G1000467/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - G9825289/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140902 PL - England TA - Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab JT - Expert review of endocrinology & metabolism JID - 101278293 OTO - NOTNLM OT - epigenetics OT - genetic syndromes OT - miRNA OT - molecular genetics OT - pituitary adenoma OT - therapy EDAT- 2015/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 2015/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 2018/10/06 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/01 00:01 [medline] AID - 10.1586/17446651.2015.955795 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Jan;10(1):35-53. doi: 10.1586/17446651.2015.955795. Epub 2014 Sep 2.