Bardram L, Lindholm J, Rehfeld J F
Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1987 Jul;115(3):419-22. doi: 10.1530/acta.0.1150419.
Twelve of 87 pituitary adenomas from patients with acromegaly, Cushing's syndrome. Nelson's syndrome, hyperprolactinaemia and without symptoms of hormone hypersecretion contained gastrin in concentrations from 0.5 to 166 pmol/g. Only ACTH-producing tumours contained gastrin, which occurred in forms smaller than those present in the normal adenohypophysis. The results indicate that corticotropic tumours may synthesize gastrin in moderate amounts.