Leptin stimulates the proliferation of human oesophageal adenocarcinoma cells via HB-EGF- and TGFα-mediated transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Ogunwobi, O O ^a   Beales, Ian L P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Cell proliferation; Esophageal neaplasms; Heparin binding EGF like growth factor; Leptin; Obesity; Receptor, epidermal growth factor; Transforming growth factor alpha

Indexed keywords

4 (3 BROMOANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; 4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; AMPHIREGULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 53849110263     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2008.11732814     Document Type: Article

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