A Novel Clinical Entity of Autoimmune Endocrinopathy: Anti-PIT-1 Antibody Syndrome.
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DOI: 10.1159/000452907
Abstract: Pituitary-specific transcription factor 1 (PIT-1; POU domain, class 1, transcription factor 1 (POU1F1)) is an essential transcription factor for the differentiation of somatotrophs, lactotrophs, and thyrotrophs, and for the expression of growth hormone (GH), prolactin… read more here.
Keywords: pit; antibody syndrome; antibody; anti pit ... See more keywords
Two Cases of Anti-PIT-1 Hypophysitis Exhibited as a Form of Paraneoplastic Syndrome
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DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1257
Abstract: Background: Anti-pituitary-specific transcription factor 1 (PIT-1) hypophysitis (anti-PIT-1 antibody syndrome) is a newly defined clinical entity, demonstrating an adult-onset hypopituitarism, and is a thymoma-associated autoimmune disease characterized by acquired GH, PRL, and TSH deficiencies due… read more here.
Keywords: form paraneoplastic; pit hypophysitis; case; pit ... See more keywords