title: Characteristics of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome due to thymic carcinoid and analysis of the molecular mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
authors.forename: Yu-fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Yu-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ning
authors.forename: Shou-yue
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wei-wei
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Wei-qing
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000182:ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin