The median age at the time of surgery was 49 years for patients with corticotroph adenomas, similar to the other analyzed adenoma subtypes.
Corticotroph adenomas showed the lowest mean ID score (1.79, 95% CI 1.34-2.25) which was significantly lower compared to nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (p = 0.001, see Table 3 and Figure 3(a)).
To investigate that targeting USP8 with its specific inhibitor might exhibit an anticancer effect in the corticotroph adenomas, we first examined the effect of USP8 inhibitor on downstream protein levels including EGFR, ERBB2, and Met.
Two recent studies demonstrated that the USP8 gene is frequently mutated in corticotroph adenomas.[sup][5],[7] ACTH adenomas harboring USP8 mutant had higher EGFR levels, expressed more POMC mRNAs, and had higher ACTH production than those with wild-type USP8.
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