Bombesin/GRP and vasoactive intestinal peptide/PACAP as growth factors

TW Moody, RT Jensen - Growth factors and cytokines in health and …, 1996 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Bombesin (BB) was the first peptide identified as a cancer cell autocrine
growth factor. High levels of immunoreactive BB were detected in small-cell lung cancer …

GRP-receptor-mediated signal transduction, gene expression and DNA synthesis in the human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell line HPAF

B Burghardt, C Wenger, K Barabás, G Rácz, A Oláh… - Peptides, 2001 - Elsevier
Bombesin-like peptides have been implicated as growth factors in various human cancers.
Human adenocarcinoma cell lines (Capan-1, Capan-2, MiaPaCa-2 and HPAF) were tested …

The release of bombesin-like peptides from small cell lung cancer cells.

TW Moody, LY Korman - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 1988 - europepmc.org
High levels of BN/GRP are present in classic SCLC and lung carcinoids, whereas BN
immunoreactivity is absent in variant SCLC, adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma …

Gut hormones with activity to modulate cellular growth

K Yamaguchi - Human Cell, 1990 - europepmc.org
Recent progress in cancer research revealed that gut hormones have the activity to regulate
the cellular growth of cancer cells. Gastrin, cholecystokinin and vasoactive intestinal peptide …

Bombesin-like peptides as growth factors.

CJ Wiedermann - Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 1989 - europepmc.org
Bombesin-like peptides (BN-LP) are involved in the regulation of many important functions,
including sensory transmission, regulation of central autonomic pathways, thermoregulation …

The proliferative response of HT-29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells to bombesin-like peptides

G Cassano, N Resta, G Gasparre, C Lippe, G Guanti - Cancer letters, 2001 - Elsevier
Bombesin-like peptides (BLP) and their receptors are widely distributed throughout the
intestine and are potential mitogens for gastrointestinal cancers. In this study we …

VIP as a trophic factor in the CNS and cancer cells

TW Moody, JM Hill, RT Jensen - Peptides, 2003 - Elsevier
The effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on the proliferation of central nervous
system (CNS) and cancer cells were investigated. VIP has important actions during CNS …

Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP, mammalian bombesin) in the pathogenesis of lung cancer

J Viallet, JD Minna - Progress in Growth Factor Research, 1989 - Elsevier
Established human lung cancer exhibits a complex pattern of genetic changes as well as
several distinct autocrine growth factor loops for regulatory peptides. The best studied …

Bombesin stimulates proliferation of human breast cancer cells in culture.

J Nelson, M Donnelly, B Walker, J Gray… - British journal of …, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The discovery of the amphibian skin tetradecapeptide bombesin led to the identification of
several mammalian bombesin-like neuroendocrine peptides such as gastrinreleasing …

Neuropeptides as autocrine growth factors in cancer cells

TW Moody, D Chan, J Fahrenkrug… - Current …, 2003 - ingentaconnect.com
Neuropeptides can function as autocrine growth factors in cancer cells. High levels of
bombesin (BB) and neurotensin (NT)-like immunoreactivity are present in small cell lung …