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ArticleEndocrine pathology1996

Interphase Analysis of Chromosome 11 in Human Pituitary Somatotroph Adenomas by Direct Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization.

George Kontogeorgos, Nikiforos Kapranos

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Article in Endocrine pathology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular pathology of pituitary adenomas.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2001
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

George Kontogeorgos
Nikiforos Kapranos
General Hospital of Attica · GRHygeia Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromosome 11 numerical abnormalities were detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique in four surgically removed pituitary somatotroph adenomas from patients clinically associated with acromegaly. The tumors were diagnosed by histology. immunocytochemistry, and electron microscopy, and included two densely granulated somatotroph (DG-SM) and two sparsely granulated somatotroph (SG-SM) adenomas. For demonstration of chromosome 11, the direct FISH technique was applied on imprints from fresh adenoma tissue fixed in acetone using an a-satellite specific centromeric probe. The slides were studied with a fluorescence microscope and the percentages of positive nuclei with aberrant fluorescent signals were counted. All tumors exhibited numerical chromosomal abnormalities in 8-23% of their cell population and included nuclei containing 1-3 extra chromosome 11 copies. The SC-SM adenomas exhibited more prominent abnormalities compared with the DG-SM adenomas. We conclude that numerical chromosome 11 abnormalities represent a frequent event among somatotroph adenomas with a tendency for higher frequency in SC-SM adenomas.

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