Table 1.
Expression of somatostatin receptors in corticotropic pituitary adenomas
| Reference | Method | sst1 | sst2 | sst3 | sst4 | sst5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenman [16, 17] | RPA, RT-PCR | 1/3 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
| Miller [19] | RT-PCR | 3/5 | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 | 4/5 |
| Nielsen [20] | RT-PCR | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 |
| Panetta [21] | RT-PCR | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Batista [15] | Realtime RT-PCR | 12/13 (high) | 9/13 (low) | 0/13 (-) | 5/13 (?) | 13/13 (high) |
| Hofland [18] | Realtime RT-PCR | 1/6 (low) | 6/6 (low) | 2/6 (low) | 2/6 (low) | 6/6 (high) |
| Author’s data (SP) | Realtime RT-PCR | 7/10 (low–high) | 8/10 (low–high) | 3/10 (med) | 4/10 (high) | 7/10 (low–high) |
| Total (%) | 25/39 (64 %) | 29/39 (74 %) | 8/38 (21 %) | 12/37 (32 %) | 31/37 (84 %) |
Ref. [10] (adapted from Petersenn S, Endocrine Updates, 2011 with kind permission from Springer Science+Business Media B.V.)