Telomerase expression in clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas

Autor: Daniel Gomes Henriques, Elisa Baranski Lamback, Aline Helen da Silva Camacho, Monique Alvares Barbosa, Debora Aparecida Silva, Alexandro Guterres, Liana Lumi Ogino, Mônica R. Gadelha, Leila Chimelli, Leandro Kasuki, Carlos Henrique de Azeredo Lima
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Endocrine. 72:208-215
ISSN: 1559-0100
1355-008X
Popis: Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPA) are benign tumors, however, some are agressive. We aimed to assess if human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is present in NFPA and if it can be used as a marker of aggressiveness and proliferation. Consecutive patients operated for NFPA whose fresh frozen tumors were available were included. We analyzed tumor’s aggressiveness (based on radiological progression) and proliferation (based on Ki-67), as well as hTERT mRNA by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). We included 109 samples from 86 patients followed for a median period of 60 months (5–120 months). Aggressive tumors were present in 66% cases and proliferative tumors in 47.7%. Seven (6.4%) samples expressed hTERT: 3 (42.8%) had aggressive and proliferative tumors, 2 (28.6%) only exhibited aggressiveness and the remaining 2 (28.6%) only proliferation. From the aggressive and proliferative tumors, 14% and 16%, respectively, expressed hTERT. From the non-aggressive and non-proliferative tumors, 9% and 6%, respectively, expressed hTERT. hTERT expression is present in a minority of NFPA and does not seem to be related to aggressiveness or proliferation in NFPA.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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