| Literature DB >> 2537694 |
G Skolnik1, U Bagge, G Blomqvist, L Djärv, H Ahlman.
Abstract
The effect of blockade of calcium channels and/or 5-HT receptors on the hepatic lodgement of intraportally injected fibrosarcoma cells was studied in rats. The calcium channel blocker verapamil and the 5-HT2 antagonist ketanserin each had a significant lodgement reducing effect. The pure 5-HT2 antagonist R 56413 was most effective and dose-dependent in its tumour cell lodgement reducing effect. At the highest dose tested (2.5 mg/kg body weight) R 56413 was as effective as thrombocytopenia, indicating that 5-HT is the most important platelet-released product that influences tumour cell lodgement.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2537694 DOI: 10.1007/bf01787021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Metastasis ISSN: 0262-0898 Impact factor: 5.150