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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Medication for Acromegaly Reduces Expression of MUC16, MACC1 and GRHL2 in Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumour Tissue.

Rihards Saksis, Ivars Silamikelis, Pola Laksa, Kaspars Megnis, Raitis Peculis, Ilona Mandrika, Olesja Rogoza, Ramona Petrovska, Inga Balcere, Ilze Konrade and 8 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Rihards SaksisLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Ivars SilamikelisLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Pola LaksaLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Kaspars MegnisLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Raitis PeculisLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Ilona MandrikaLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Olesja RogozaLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Ramona PetrovskaLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Inga BalcereRiga East Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Ilze KonradeRiga East Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Liva SteinaPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Janis StukensPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Austra BreiksaPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Jurijs NazarovsPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Jelizaveta SokolovskaUniversity of Latvia Faculty of Medicine, Riga, Latvia.
Valdis PiragsPauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Janis KlovinsLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Vita RoviteLatvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre · LVPauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital · LVRiga Stradiņš University · LVUniversity of Latvia · LV

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acromegaly is a disease mainly caused by pituitary neuroendocrine tumor (PitNET) overproducing growth hormone. First-line medication for this condition is the use of somatostatin analogs (SSAs), that decrease tumor mass and induce antiproliferative effects on PitNET cells. Dopamine agonists (DAs) can also be used if SSA treatment is not effective. This study aimed to determine differences in transcriptome signatures induced by SSA/DA therapy in PitNET tissue. We selected tumor tissue from twelve patients with somatotropinomas, with half of the patients receiving SSA/DA treatment before surgery and the other half treatment naive. Transcriptome sequencing was then carried out to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and their protein-protein interactions, using pathway analyses. We found 34 upregulated and six downregulated DEGs in patients with SSA/DA treatment. Three tumor development promoting factors

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acromegalynext generation sequencing (NGS)somatostatin/dopamine (SSA/DA) therapysomatotropinomatranscriptome

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