Pituitary-like proopiomelanocortin transcripts in human Leydig cell tumors.
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Pituitary-like proopiomelanocortin transcripts in human Leydig cell tumors.
Proopiomelanocortin is a polypeptide precursor molecule, the processing of which generates ACTH, beta-endorphin, the beta- and gamma-lipotropins, the joining peptide, and the NH2-terminal fragment. Anterior pituitary corticotrophs are the major site of proopiomelanocortin gene expression in man and the predominant, if not sole source of circulating ACTH. Recent data have established that proopi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci114787