Apart from that Vip also induces Prl (Abe et al. 1985, Bjoro et al. 1990, Vleck & Patrick 1999, Fazekas et al. 2000, Christian et al. 2007) and Acth release (Alexander & Sander 1994, Mazzocchi et al. 1998) from the respective cell lines and endocrine and/or pituitary adenoma cells. The gene discussed is PRL; the disease is pituitary gland adenoma.