Immunohistochemical Detection of Somatostatin Receptor (SSTR) Subtypes 2A and 5 in Pituitary Adenoma from Acromegalic Patients: Good Correlation with Preoperative Response to Octreotide

Mao Takei,Masanori Suzuki,Hanako Kajiya,Yudo Ishii,Shigeyuki Tahara,Takashi Miyakoshi,Noboru Egashira,Susumu Takekoshi,Naoko Sanno,Akira Teramoto,Robert Yoshiyuki Osamura

Immunohistochemical Detection of Somatostatin Receptor (SSTR) Subtypes 2A and 5 in Pituitary Adenoma from Acromegalic Patients: Good Correlation with Preoperative Response to Octreotide

2007

Mao Takei
Masanori Suzuki
Hanako Kajiya
Yudo Ishii
Shigeyuki Tahara
Takashi Miyakoshi
Noboru Egashira
Susumu Takekoshi
Naoko Sanno
Akira Teramoto
Robert Yoshiyuki Osamura

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between the expression of somatostatin receptors by immunohistochemistry and the percent suppression of GH levels in the octreotide suppression test.

Keywords:

Pituitary adenoma
Percent suppression
Acromegaly
Somatostatin receptor
Somatostatin receptor 2
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Octreotide
Biology
Immunohistochemistry

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