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- Title
Peptide Hormone Production in Small Cell Lung Carcinomas with Particular Reference to Gastrin-Releasing Peptide.
- Authors
YAMAGUCHI, KEN; ABE, KAORU; ADACHI, ISAMU; OTSUBO, KOTOMI; NAGASAKI, KOICHI; SUZUKI, MASAFUMI; MARUNO, KANAME; ASANUMA, FUMIKI; TSUCHIHASHI, TAKAYUKI; MIYAKE, YOSHIO; YOSHINAGA, KEIGO; MATSUBARA, HIDEKI; IMANISHI, KOICHI; KIMURA, SATOSHI; KODAMA, TETSURO; KAMEYA, TORU; SHIMOSATO, YUKIO
- Abstract
Tissues of 50 small cell lung carcinomas were examined for production of 17 peptide hormones. Only when the concentration of a peptide detected in the tumor was 10 pmol or more per g wet weight, was the peptide considered to be produced by the tumor. The frequency of production of at least one of these peptide hormones was 84%, and that of two or more hormones was 50%. These results indicate that peptide hormone production is a very common phenomenon in small cell lung carcinoma. Of the peptide hormones examined, gastrin-re leasing peptide is produced with the highest frequency, suggesting that this pep- tide could play an important role in small cell lung carcinoma.
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1986, Vol 16, Issue 3, p235
- ISSN
0368-2811
- Publication type
Article