Endothelial cell-specific molecule-1 as an invasiveness marker for pituitary null cell adenoma

Abstract Background Endothelial cell-specific molecule-1 (ESM-1) is a biomarker associated with tumor progression in pituitary adenoma. We specifically focused on one type of pituitary adenoma, namely null cell adenoma (NCA) and evaluated the relationship between invasion and ESM-1 expression in bot...

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Main Authors: Shousen Wang, Zhifeng Wu, Liangfeng Wei, Jianhe Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-019-0418-8