Evaluation of angiogenesis in 77 pituitary adenomas using endoglin as a marker.

Angiogenesis, a fundamental process for the development and growth of a tumor, is less expressive in adenomas than in the normal pituitary tissue. There is controversy about the behavior of angiogenesis as a function of hormonal secretion or other characteristics of pituitary tumors. Endoglin (CD105) is a proliferation-associated antigen on endothelial cells, as well as an endothelial progenitor cell marker.

Immunohistochemical detection of estrogen receptor alpha in pituitary adenomas and its correlation with cellular replication.

With the aim of evaluating the relationship between pituitary tumorigenesis and the presence of estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) by immunohistochemistry (IH) and their relevance to patients' clinical presentation, hormonal phenotypes of adenomas, preoperative neuroimaging findings, and the index of cellular replication MIB-1, a study was conducted with material from 91 women and 67 men with pituitary adenomas. The patients had acromegaly (29.7%), Cushing's disease (14.