doi: 10.1530/acta.0.1180503.
Mammosomatotropes in human pituitary adenomas as revealed by electron microscopic double gold immunostaining method
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Mammosomatotropes in human pituitary adenomas as revealed by electron microscopic double gold immunostaining method
Acta Endocrinol (Copenh).
1988 Aug.
Abstract
Hormone production was studied in situ by immunocytochemical methods in 20 pituitary adenomas. Special attention was given to 13 adenomas removed from acromegalic patients. Out of them, 6 had mild to moderate hyperprolactinemia. Immunohistochemistry revealed PRL-containing cells without any close relationship with high PRL serum level in 6 patients. Double immunogold staining revealed mammosomatotrope cells characterized by simultaneous presence of GH and PRL in the same granules in 2 patients. Since mammosomatotropes have never been demonstrated in the normal pituitary, our results probably signify gene dysregulation in pituitary cells of those acromegalic patients.
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