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Quantitative expression data of human estrogen receptor α variants in non-functioning pituitary adenomas obtained by
Yujiro Hattori1,2, Hirotaka Ishii1, Shigeyuki Tahara2
1Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Expression profiles of gonadal steroid receptor variants have been reportedly associated with malignancy in breast and prostate cancers [1,2]. However, such associations with pituitary tumors remain unclear. Therefore, the expression levels of the wild-type ESR1 (ERα66) and the ESR1 variants (ERαi34, ERαi45c, and ERαΔ5) transcripts encoding constitutively active ERα proteins with C-terminal truncation in non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) were evaluated using reverse transcription-digital polymerase chain reaction. The results revealed that the expression levels of the variants were approximately two orders of magnitude lower than that of ERα66 in NFPAs. These data were based on our previous article entitled "Accurate assessment of estrogen receptor profiles in non-functioning pituitary adenomas using RT-digital PCR and immunohistochemistry" [3].
