Bombesin stimulates in vitro growth of human breast cancer independent of estrogen receptors status

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 4051-4056

  Bold, Richard J ^b   Ishizuka, Jin ^c   Yao, Chong Z ^d   Townsend Jr , Courtney M ^a   Thompson, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Ishizuka Clinic   (Japan)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bombesin; Breast cancer; Estrogen; Receptor

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; CALCIUM ION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

BOMBESIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, BOMBESIN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032423523     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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