High levels of intracellular bombesin characterize human small-cell lung carcinoma

Terry W. Moody; Candace B. Pert; Adi F. Gazdar; Desmond N. Carney; John D. Minna

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High levels of intracellular bombesin characterize human small-cell lung carcinoma

Terry W. Moody, Candace B. Pert, Adi F. Gazdar, Desmond N. Carney, John D. Minna

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"Small cells" or "oat cells" characterize a virulent form of lung cancer and share many biochemical properties with peptide-secreting neurones. The neuropeptide bombesin is present in all small-cell lines examined, but not in other lung cancer cell lines, suggesting that bombesinergic precursor cells in lung may give rise to this disease.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1246-1248
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	214
Issue number	4526
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6272398
State	Published - 1981

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