UOC Endocrinology and Diabetology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168, Roma, Italy.
Department of Translational Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168, Roma, Italy.
Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2023 Apr;24(2):283-295. doi: 10.1007/s11154-022-09782-1. Epub 2023 Jan 20.
Pituitary tumors are rare neoplasms, with a heterogeneous biological and clinical behavior, due to their clinical course, local invasive growth, resistance to conventional therapies and the risk of disease progression. Recent studies on tumor microenvironment (TME) provided new knowledge on the biology of these neoplasia, that may explain the different phenotypes of these tumors and suggest new biomarkers able to predict the prognosis and the treatment outcome. The identification of molecular markers that act as targets for biological therapies may open new perspectives in the medical treatments of aggressive pituitary tumors.In this paper, we will review data of TME and target therapies in somatotropinomas.
垂体肿瘤是一种罕见的肿瘤,具有异质性的生物学和临床行为,这归因于其临床病程、局部侵袭性生长、对常规治疗的耐药性以及疾病进展的风险。最近关于肿瘤微环境(TME)的研究为这些肿瘤的生物学提供了新的认识,这可能解释了这些肿瘤的不同表型,并提示了新的生物标志物,能够预测预后和治疗结果。鉴定作为生物治疗靶点的分子标志物可能为侵袭性垂体肿瘤的治疗开辟新的前景。本文将综述生长激素腺瘤的 TME 和靶向治疗数据。