Acetylcholine is synthesized by and acts as an autocrine growth factor for small cell lung carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 214-221

  Song, Pingfang ^c   Sekhon, Harmanjatinder S ^a,c   Jia, Yibing ^c   Keller, Jennifer A ^c   Blusztajn, Jan Krzysztof ^b   Mark, Gregory P ^a   Spindel, Eliot R ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AUTOCRINE MOTILITY FACTOR; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VESAMICOL; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0037229715     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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