title: Expression of parathyroid hormone-related protein mRNA in tumors obtained from patients with humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy.
abstract: Human parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) mRNA was detected in all fresh cancer tissues consecutively obtained from 6 patients with humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM). The primary sites of the cancers in these cases were distributed among different organs including the lung, esophagus, kidney and ovary. PTHrP mRNA was undetectable in all 10 fresh cancer tissues obtained from normocalcemic patients. These results suggest PTHrP as a major cause of HHM.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D012333:RNA, Messenger