Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
The Effect of Systemic Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition on Normal and Autonomous Functioning Lactotrophs
DOI
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Abstract
There are contradictory reports about the relation between pituitary local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the secretory functions of lactotrophs. We evaluated the effect of the ACE inhibitor captopril on plasma prolaction, growth hormone and TSH secretion in patients with idiopathic hyperprolactinemia (n= 18) and in hypertensive patients with normal pituitaries (n=12). A slight but significant fall in plasma prolaction levels at 60 (p
Keywords
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, Renin-angiotensin system, Lactotrophs, Pituitary, Hperprolactinemia, Captopril
First Page
441
Last Page
445
Recommended Citation
SERTER, Rüştü; ÜNÜVAR, Necdet; GÜRSOY, Gül; GÜLER, Serdar; MURAT, Sani; BAYRAM, Fahri; and ARAL, Yalçın (1997) "The Effect of Systemic Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition on Normal and Autonomous Functioning Lactotrophs," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 27: No. 5, Article 10. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol27/iss5/10
