title: Role of sex hormones in development of pituitary adenoma.
abstract: Role of sex hormones in the development of pituitary adenomas was investigated by analyzing the content of nuclear estradiol and testosterone receptors in different tumors of the anterior pituitary: prolactinomas, meningiomas, growth hormone-producing adenomas, astrocytomas, neurinomas, and ependymomas. The concentration of nuclear estrogen and androgen receptors in prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas was much higher than in growth hormone-producing adenomas and other pituitary tumors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physiology of Endocrine System, Department of Neuroendocrinology, Endocrinology Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Babichev
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Marova
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Adamskaya
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Shishkina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Y u Kasumova
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D015175:Prolactinoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011959:Receptors, Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D011959:Receptors, Estradiol