Pituitary diseases are disorders affecting the pituitary gland that ultimately affect the secretion of pituitary hormones. The most frequent conditions are acromegaly (growth hormone excess ...

The anterior part of the pituitary gland has 5 different cell types and adenomas ... About half of the families have an AIP mutation causing the disease, while the gene causing the disease is not ...

If the condition only seems to affect the pituitary gland in the family, then the disease is known as Familial Isolated Pituitary Adenoma (FIPA). Genes are the coded instructions that control the ...

At the Baylor Medicine Pituitary Center in Houston, Texas, we offer comprehensive and expert care for all pituitary-related disorders, including all tumors of the pituitary and sellar region.

About a quarter of cases of pituitary adenomas that secrete TSH are mixed adenomas, characterized by concomitant hypersecretion of other anterior pituitary hormones, mainly growth hormone or ...

Finnish researchers show in a new study that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help ...

In a new study published in Cell Reports, Finnish researchers show that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in ...

The anterior pituitary gland synthesizes and secretes ... perhaps the discovery of novel therapeutic targets for metabolic ...