简介：BACKGROUND:Ithasbeenreportedthatperoxisomeproliferator-activatedreceptorγ(PPARγ)ishighlyexpressedinlungcancer,coloncancer,andgastriccancer,aswellasothertumors.OBJECTIVE:TostudyexpressionofPPARγinpituitaryadenomasandanalyzetheroleofPPARγinhormonaltypingofpituitaryadenomas.DESIGN,TIMEANDSETTING:Semi-quantitativeimmunohistochemistryofpathologicalspecimens.TheexperimentwasconductedattheDepartmentofNeurosurgery,WuxiSecondHospitalAffiliatedtoNanjingMedicalUniversitybetweenJanuary2002andMay2005.MATERIALS:Surgicalresectionsamplesofpituitaryadenomasfrom38cases(18maleand20female)wereanalyzed.Eightcasesweredeterminedtobeinvasivepituitaryadenomasand30caseswerenon-invasivepituitaryadenomas.Hormonalclassificationofthetypesofpituitaryadenomasrevealedsomatotrophicadenomasinsixcases,corticotrophicadenomainfivecases,prolactinomasin13cases,multi-hormonesecretingadenomasinsixcases,andeightcasesofadenomawithoutalteredendocrinefunction.Fiveautopsyspecimenswerecollectedduringthesameperiodfrompatientsofmatchingagethatdiedfromunrelateddiseasesandwereincludedasnormalanteriorpituitarycontrols.METHODS:Cellcountsforpositiveimmunohistochemicalsignalswererecordedfromhistopathologicalsections.Thepercentageofpositivecellswasreportedasasemi-quantitativeanalysis.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:TherateofPPARγpositivecellsindifferenttypesofadenomawasbasedonhormonallevelsandinvasivenessofpituitarytumorcells.RESULTS:AlltumorbiopsiesweredeterminedtoexpressPPARγTherateofPPARγ-positivecellsrangedbetween8%-65%inthepituitaryadenomas.Accordingtohormonaltype,PPARγexpressiondidnotvarybetweenthegroups.Inaddition,therewasnosignificantdifferenceinPPARγexpressionbetweenthenon-invasiveandinvasivepituitaryadenomas.CONCLUSIONS:HumanpituitaryadenomasexpressPPARγ,andthisexpressionisunrelatedto