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Absence of thyroid transcription factor-1 expression in human parathyroid and pituitary glands.

Mol Cell Endocrinol

August 2001

Institute of Endocrine Sciences, University of Milan-Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Pad. Granelli, Via Francesco Sforza 35, 21022 Milan, Italy.

Thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), a tissue-specific nuclear transcription factor involved in the embryogenesis and differentiation of human thyroid, lung and brain, has been recently identified in other rat tissues, including parafollicular C cells and parathyroid chief cells. Based on this distribution, a possible role for this factor in calcium homeostasis has been suggested. This study investigated the presence of TTF-1 transcripts and protein in human tissues expressing the calcium sensing receptor (CaSR).

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Aneurysms of the splenic artery that anomalously arise from a splenomesenteric trunk are a rarity. Aneurysmal disease of visceral arteries is found in only 0.2% of the general population.

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