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ArticleEndocrine pathology2009

No evidence for WT1 involvement in a beta-catenin-independent activation of the Wnt signaling pathway in pituitary adenomas.

J Schittenhelm, T Psaras, J Honegger, K Trautmann, R Meyermann, R Beschorner

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Article in Endocrine pathology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J SchittenhelmInstitute of Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Calwerstr. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
T Psaras
J Honegger
K Trautmann
R Meyermann
R Beschorner
University of Tübingen · DEBrain (Germany) · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The overexpression of Wilms' tumor gene product WT1, which acts as a tumor suppressor or oncogene, has been reported in various malignancies. Recent studies have shown that the interaction partner Wnt-4 is upregulated in pituitary adenomas dependent on the Pit-1 lineage (somatotrophs, lactotrophs, and thyrotrophs). However, no data on WT1 expression in nontumorous pituitary tissue or pituitary adenomas is available to date. We investigated WT1 expression in 90 paraffin-embedded pituitary adenomas, including eight atypical adenomas, and in 28 nontumorous pituitary glands by immunohistochemistry. WT1 is absent in epithelial cells of all nontumorous pituitary glands and in 87 out of 90 pituitary adenomas. Only two GHomas (including one atypical adenoma) and one gonadotropin-producing adenoma expressed WT1 in the cytoplasm of single tumor cells without nuclear staining. There is no evidence that WT1 does regulate the Wnt-4/beta-catenin-independent pathway which is activated in the Pit-1-expressing subset of pituitary adenomas.

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AdenomaAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overbeta CateninFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedPituitary NeoplasmsSignal TransductionTissue Array AnalysisTranscription Factor Pit-1WT1 Proteinsbeta CateninTranscription Factor Pit-1WT1 Proteins

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PMID19437143
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