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gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition (同)lactogenic_hormone, luteotropin
a gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the secretion of water and bicarbonate from the pancreas and bile ducts whenever the stomach empties too much acid into the small intestine
a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin

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Relationship between NF-κB, MMP-9, and MICA expression in pituitary adenomas reveals a new mechanism of pituitary adenomas immune escape.

Chen Z1, Li Z1, Chang Y2, Ma L1, Xu W1, Li M1, Li J1, Zhang W1, Sun Q1, An X2, Li Z3.
Neuroscience letters.Neurosci Lett.2015 Jun 15;597:77-83. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.04.025. Epub 2015 Apr 25.
The aim of this study was to examine the expression levels of NF-κB, MMP-9, and MICA and their relationship between each other in pituitary adenomas as a histological basis for the study of the expression and shedding mechanism of MICA and mechanism of immune escape of pituitary adenomas. Our study
PMID 25921632

Prolactinomas in children under 14. Clinical presentation and long-term follow-up.

Liu Y1, Yao Y, Xing B, Lian W, Deng K, Feng M, Wang R.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery.Childs Nerv Syst.2015 Jun;31(6):909-16. doi: 10.1007/s00381-015-2679-5. Epub 2015 Mar 15.
PURPOSE: Pediatric prolactinomas are rare, especially in children under 14 years of age. In this study, we evaluated the clinical presentation and microsurgical outcome of prolactinomas in prepubertal children.METHODS: Nine patients with prolactinomas who had undergone surgical removal of the tumor
PMID 25771923

Expression of estrogen receptor alpha is associated with prolactin pituitary tumor prognosis and supports the sex-related difference in tumor growth.

Delgrange E1, Vasiljevic A2, Wierinckx A3, François P4, Jouanneau E2, Raverot G2, Trouillas J2.
European journal of endocrinology / European Federation of Endocrine Societies.Eur J Endocrinol.2015 Jun;172(6):791-801. doi: 10.1530/EJE-14-0990. Epub 2015 Mar 19.
CONTEXT: A sex difference in the progression of prolactin (PRL) tumors has been disputed for years.OBJECTIVE: To compare tumor characteristics and postoperative clinical course between men and women, and correlate data with estrogen receptor alpha (ERα (ESR1)) expression status.DESIGN, PATIENTS, AN
PMID 25792376

Significant improvement of intractable headache after transsphenoidal surgery in patients with pituitary adenomas; preoperative neuroradiological evaluation and intraoperative intrasellar pressure measurement