TY - JOUR AU - Diaz-Rodriguez, E. AU - Garcia-Rendueles, A. R. AU - Ibáñez-Costa, A. AU - Gutierrez-Pascual, E. AU - Garcia-Lavandeira, M AU - Leal, A. AU - Japon, M. A. AU - Soto, A. AU - Venegas, E. AU - Tinahones, F. J. AU - Garcia-Arnes, J. A. AU - Benito, P. AU - Angeles Galvez, M. AU - Jimenez-Reina, L. AU - Bernabeu Morón, Ignacio AU - Dieguez, C. AU - Luque, R.M AU - Castaño, J. P. AU - Alvarez, C. V. PY - 2014 SN - 0013-7227 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/4567 AB - Acromegaly is caused by somatotroph cell adenomas (somatotropinomas [ACROs]), which secrete GH. Human and rodent somatotroph cells express the RET receptor. In rodents, when normal somatotrophs are deprived of the RET ligand, GDNF (Glial Cell Derived... LA - eng KW - Adenoma KW - Apoptosis KW - Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor KW - Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma KW - Pituitary Neoplasms TI - Somatotropinomas, but not nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas, maintain a functional apoptotic RET/Pit1/ARF/p53 pathway that is blocked by excess GDNF DO - 10.1210/en.2014-1034 T2 - Endocrinology M2 - 4329 VL - 155 ER -