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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …