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Intricacies of the Molecular Machinery of Catecholamine Biosynthesis and Secretion by Chromaffin Cells of the Normal Adrenal Medulla and in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Metabolic Signatures of Youth Exposure to Mixtures of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Multi-Cohort Study.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Pooled it
- Silent pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: Systematic review and proposed definitions for standardized terminology.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Lessons from In Utero and Postnatal Exposure to Pesticide DDT: Mechanisms of Chromaffin Cell Vulnerability and Altered Catecholamine Homeostasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Partial pressure of oxygen-guided adrenal venous sampling in primary aldosteronism.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Endocrinology at a Miniature Level: Pluripotent Stem-Cell-Derived Organoid Models of Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axes.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Brain-gut-microbiota axis: a review on the bidirectional regulatory mechanisms between gut microbiota and brain and their disease interactions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Associations between amino acid levels and autism spectrum disorder severity.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Early life microbiome disbalance impacts neuroendocrine outcomes in pre-pubertal mice in a sexually dimorphic manner.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Perioperative Blood Pressure Management Recommendations in Pediatric Pheochromocytoma: A 10-Year Narrative Review.Kidney & blood pressure research · 2025Review
- The 3D in vitro Adrenoid cell model recapitulates the complexity of the adrenal gland.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Role of the Adrenal Medulla in Hypoglycaemia-Associated Autonomic Failure-A Diabetic Perspective.Metabolites · 2024Review
- Tumor metabolism in pheochromocytomas: clinical and therapeutic implications.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2024Review
- Forty years of the adrenal chromaffin cell through ISCCB meetings around the world.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2023Review
- Massive Biochemically Silent Pheochromocytoma Masquerading as Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Cancer.JCEM case reports · 2023Article
- Early short-term effects on catecholamine levels and pituitary function in patients with pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma treated with [Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Novel GermlineMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- A Case ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Applications of spatially resolved omics in the field of endocrine tumors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Low number of neurosecretory vesicles in neuroblastoma impairs massive catecholamine release and prevents hypertension.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The adrenal medulla is composed predominantly of chromaffin cells producing and secreting the catecholamines dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. Catecholamine biosynthesis and secretion is a complex and tightly controlled physiologic process. The pathways involved have been extensively studied, and various elements of the underlying molecular machinery have been identified. In this review, we provide a detailed description of the route from stimulus to secretion of catecholamines by the normal adrenal chromaffin cell compared to chromaffin tumor cells in pheochromocytomas. Pheochromocytomas are adrenomedullary tumors that are characterized by uncontrolled synthesis and secretion of catecholamines. This uncontrolled secretion can be partly explained by perturbations of the molecular catecholamine secretory machinery in pheochromocytoma cells. Chromaffin cell tumors also include sympathetic paragangliomas originating in sympathetic ganglia. Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are usually locally confined tumors, but about 15% do metastasize to distant locations. Histopathological examination currently poorly predicts future biologic behavior, thus long term postoperative follow-up is required. Therefore, there is an unmet need for prognostic biomarkers. Clearer understanding of the cellular mechanisms involved in the secretory characteristics of pheochromocytomas and sympathetic paragangliomas may offer one approach for the discovery of novel prognostic biomarkers for improved therapeutic targeting and monitoring of treatment or disease progression.
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