ea0073pep13.1 | Presented ePosters 13: Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2021
Polidoro Michela A.
, Feola Tiziana
, Gianno Francesca
, Palumbo Valeria
, Arcella Antonietta
, Morace Roberta
, De Angelis Michelangelo
, Giangaspero Felice
, Esposito Vincenzo
, Jaffrain-Rea Marie-Lise
IntroductionAIP is a predisposing gene for GH/PRL-secreting PitNETs. Clinically non-functioning PitNETs (NFPT) occasionally occur in the setting of AIP germline mutations, sometimes arising from Pit-1 lineages. However, AIP overexpression has been observed in unselected NFPT and associations with the gonadotroph phenotype and/or tumour aggressiveness were suggested. We wished to evaluate the significance of AIP expression in gonadotroph tumours defined b...