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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
MTC is characterized by multiple humoral and hormonal manifestations. Although calcitonin is the specific marker of the disease, somatostatin, the pro-opiomelanocortin derived peptides and bombesin--among hormones produced by the tumor--can represent an exacerbation of normal C cells potentialities through genome derepression induced by the cancer. In this paper, the functional polymorphism of princeps tumoral markers and the endocrinological aspects of this neoplasia are reviewed. Molecular biology has been instrumental in discovering new tumoral peptides ("ancestral" CT forms, cryptic peptide and CGRP) and methods of CT detection; therefore, the role of CT could be better evaluated. In addition to its calciotropic role, CT acts also as a neuromodulator on some hypophyseal hormones. Conversely, CT secretion is also regulated by amines and neuropeptides, providing the basis of potential hormonal treatment.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-4266
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
34-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
[Tumor markers of medullary cancer of the thyroid body. Basic and endocrine aspects].
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'endocrinologie, Hôpital St-Antoine, Paris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review