Investigations on the role of Hsp90 in the pathogenic glucocorticoid resistance of corticotroph pituitary adenomas
The main function of glucocorticoids in corticotroph cells is to suppress proopiomelanocortin, the precursor of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). Cushing’s disease is a rare but severe neuroendocrine condition caused by partially glucocorticoid resistant corticotroph adenomas, which con...
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2014
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| Online Access: | http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/17788/1/Riebold_Mathias.pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-177888 |