| Literature DB >> 20473035 |
Florian Hohla1, Andrew V Schally.
Abstract
Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), the mammalian bombesin (BN), appears to be involved in the growth of several neoplasms. BN/GRP receptors (BN/GRP-Rs) are expressed in a variety of cancer cells and have limited distribution in normal human tissue. Thus inhibition of BN/GRP-Rs represents an attractive target for pharmacological treatment of some human malignancies. This review will focus on intracellular signaling pathways which have been characterized to mediate BN/GRP-dependent receptor biological effects as well as on various approaches to target BN/GRP-Rs for therapeutic and diagnostic interventions in human malignancies.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20473035 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.9.11347
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Cycle ISSN: 1551-4005 Impact factor: 4.534