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ArticleTherapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism2019

Expression and methylation status of LAMA2 are associated with the invasiveness of nonfunctioning PitNET.

Ruo-Qiang Wang, Yu-Long Lan, Jia-Cheng Lou, Yi-Zhu Lyu, Yu-Chao Hao, Qian-Fei Su, Bin-Bin Ma, Zhong-Bo Yuan, Zhi-Kuan Yu, Hong-Qiang Zhang and 5 more

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Article in Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ruo-Qiang WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yu-Long LanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jia-Cheng LouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yi-Zhu LyuDepartment of Hematology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yu-Chao HaoInstitute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Qian-Fei SuThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Bin-Bin MaThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Zhong-Bo YuanThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Zhi-Kuan YuThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Hong-Qiang ZhangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Dong-Sheng WangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Ting-Zhun ZhuThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yan DingDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ning ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Bo ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6635-6577
Dalian Medical University · CNBoston Children's Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The laminin subunit alpha 2 (LAMA2) gene encodes an alpha 2 chain, which constitutes one of the subunits of laminin 2 (merosin) and laminin 4 (s-merosin). In the current study, we investigated the relationship between LAMA2 promoter methylation status and the invasiveness of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (PitNETs). Specimens from patients with nonfunctioning PitNET were classified into three groups according to preoperative computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance imaging findings: a normal group (

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invasionLAMA2methylationnonfunctioning pituitary adenoma

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