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pmid: 38481440
pmc: PMC10932951
handle: 10261/365108 , 2268/315485 , 11585/1005627 , 20.500.11769/624229
pmid: 38481440
pmc: PMC10932951
handle: 10261/365108 , 2268/315485 , 11585/1005627 , 20.500.11769/624229
X-linked acrogigantism (X-LAG) is a rare form of pituitary gigantism that is associated with growth hormone (GH) and prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas/pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) that develop in infancy. It is caused by a duplication on chromosome Xq26.3 that leads to the misexpression of the gene GPR101, a constitutively active stimulator of pituitary GH and prolactin secretion. GPR101 normally exists within its own topologically associating domain (TAD) and is insulated from surrounding regulatory elements. X-LAG is a TADopathy in which the duplication disrupts a conserved TAD border, leading to a neo-TAD in which ectopic enhancers drive GPR101 over-expression, thus causing gigantism. Here we trace the full diagnostic and therapeutic pathway of a female patient with X-LAG from 4C-seq studies demonstrating the neo-TAD through medical and surgical interventions and detailed tumor histopathology. The complex nature of treating young children with X-LAG is illustrated, including the achievement of hormonal control using a combination of neurosurgery and adult doses of first-generation somatostatin analogs.
Adult, Topologically associating domain (TAD), pituitary tumor, Sciences de la santé humaine, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, Gigantism, Somatostatin analog, Endocrinology, Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition, Humans, topologically associating domain (TAD), Pituitary Neoplasms, GPR101; gigantism; pituitary tumor; somatostatin analog; topologically associating domain (TAD), Human health sciences, gigantism, Child, GPR101, Human Growth Hormone, Genetic Diseases, X-Linked, RC648-665, Child, Preschool, Growth Hormone, Acromegaly, Female, somatostatin analog, Pituitary tumor, Endocrinologie, métabolisme & nutrition
Adult, Topologically associating domain (TAD), pituitary tumor, Sciences de la santé humaine, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, Gigantism, Somatostatin analog, Endocrinology, Endocrinology, metabolism & nutrition, Humans, topologically associating domain (TAD), Pituitary Neoplasms, GPR101; gigantism; pituitary tumor; somatostatin analog; topologically associating domain (TAD), Human health sciences, gigantism, Child, GPR101, Human Growth Hormone, Genetic Diseases, X-Linked, RC648-665, Child, Preschool, Growth Hormone, Acromegaly, Female, somatostatin analog, Pituitary tumor, Endocrinologie, métabolisme & nutrition
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