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. 2023 Jul 5;14:1219018. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1219018

Table 4.

Human syndromes predisposing for PitNETs.

syndromes predisposing to PitNETs
disease cases per million inheritance phenotype
(tumor hormone production)
frequently mutated genes (potential) HH signaling …
Neurofibromatosis syndrome type 1 300 -400 autosomal dominant optic pathway gliomas, high GH levels, rarely PitNETs, empty sella, hypopituitarism NF1 (reviewed in (220)) … is involved in tumorigenesis of NF1 tumors (221)
Lynch syndrome 330 autosomal dominant PitNETs
(ACTH)
EPCAM, MLH1, MLH3, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, TGFBR2 (222, 223) … inhibition by TGFBR2 in cancer (224)
MEN type 1 33 - 100 autosomal dominant MEN1 (193) MEN1 (193) … activation due to activating Men1/MEN1 mutation (210, 225)
type 2 28 autosomal dominant RET (193) RET (193) … activation due to activating RET mutations (226)
von Hippel–Lindau syndrome 27 autosomal dominant pituitary stalk hemangioblastomas VHL (227) … activation due to VHL mutation (228)
hypothalamic hamartoma est. 1 - 20 sporadic/5% Pallister Hall syndrome clusters of small neurons intermixed with glia and large neurons, GHD, TSHD, posterior pituitary dysfunction GLI3, OFD1, SOX2 (161, 229, 230) … inactivation due to SOX2, GLI3 mutations (161, 230)
… mutations enriched in hamartomas (161, 230)
McCune-Albright 1 - 10 postzygotic (non-germline) 14% pituitary hyperplasia, 6% PitNETs
(GH, PRL),
GNAS (postzygotic, activating) (231) … activation due to GNAS null mutations (198200)
Carney complex (160 cases) autosomal dominant pituitary hyperplasia, 20% PitNETs
(GH/PRL)
PRKAR1A , PRKACB
( 232)
… inhibition by PKA signaling (209)
DICER1 syndrome (1,000 cases) potential autosomal recessive pituitary blastoma
PitNETs
(ACTH)
DICER1 (233, 234) … dependent pathologies are influenced by Dicer1 (194)

est., estimated; MEN, multiple endocrine neoplasia.

Not listed are MEN syndrome type 4 and 5, MEN-like syndrome, Familial isolated pituitary adenoma, Familial infantile gigantism and Succinate dehydrogenase deficiency. Genes associated with HH signaling are highlighted in bold.