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ea0032p825 | Pituitary–Basic (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by IPSEN</emphasis>) | ECE2013

Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to study aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein gene function

Aflorei Elena Daniela , Chen Chenghao , Klapholz Benjamin , Grossman Ashley B , Tapon Nicolas , Brown Nicholas H , Stanewsky Ralf , Korbonits Marta

Introduction: Loss-of-function mutations in AIP are associated with familial isolated pituitary adenoma, often leading to gigantism due to invasive GH-secreting pituitary adenomas. One challenging problem in the management of patients carrying a missense AIP variant is to determine whether the missense variant is a disease-causing mutation or not. As most of the molecular mechanisms involved in the control of growth and the cell cycle are well-conserved, we p...