Somatomedin-C/insulin-like growth factor-i is a mitogen for human small cell lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 91-93

  Macauly, V M ^a   Teale, J D ^b   Everard, M J ^a   Joshi, G P ^a   Smith, I E ^a   Millar, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b St Luke's Hospital Guildford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DNA; HUMAN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITOGENS; SOMATOMEDINS; THYMIDINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0023870373     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1988.16     Document Type: Article

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