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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Role of the high mobility group A proteins in the regulation of pituitary cell cycle
Beteiligte:
Fedele, Monica;
Fusco, Alfredo
Erschienen:
Bioscientifica, 2010
Erschienen in:
Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 44 (2010) 6, Seite 309-318
Sprache:
Nicht zu entscheiden
DOI:
10.1677/jme-09-0178
ISSN:
0952-5041;
1479-6813
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Beschreibung:
Pituitary cells are particularly sensitive to alterations of the cell cycle machinery. In fact, mutations affecting expression of proteins critical for cell cycle progression, including retinoblastoma protein, cyclins D1 and D3, p16INK4A, and p27kip1, are frequent in human pituitary adenomas. Similarly, both targeted disruption and overexpression of either cell cycle inhibitors or activators, respectively, lead to the development of pituitary adenomas in mice. Recent evidence has added the high mobility group A (HMGA) proteins as a new class of cell cycle regulators that play significant roles in the pathways that lead to pituitary tumor evolution in both humans and experimental animal models. Here, we first review the role of the cell cycle in pituitary tumorigenesis, as witnessed by human pathology and transgenic mice; and then, we focus on HMGA proteins and their cell cycle-related role in pituitary tumorigenesis.