Table 1.

MEG3 RNA levels in human pituitary tumor samples

Nonfunctioning adenomas	GH-secreting adenomas	PRL-secreting adenomas	ACTH-secreting adenomas
0.001	90.0	0.50	1.10
0.022	32.0	0.16	3.10
0.001	64.0	15.0	0.62
0.002	5.00	32.0	1.30
0.004	4.00		3.00
0.021	42.0		8.00
0.010	32.0
0.013
0.000
0.033
0.003

Each number indicates the relative MEG3 RNA level in each tumor compared with the average MEG3 RNA level in the normal human pituitaries (n = 4), which is designated as 1, as determined by qRT-PCR.