Open AccessOverexpression of Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptors in Tumor-Associated Blood Vessels of Human Ovarian Neoplasms
Author(s) -
Achim Fleischmann,
Beatrice Waser,
Jean Claude Reubi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
analytical cellular pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2210-7185
pISSN - 2210-7177
DOI - 10.1155/2007/798790
Subject(s) - bombesin , gastrin releasing peptide , receptor , angiogenesis , biology , ovary , medicine , endocrinology , cancer research , ovarian cancer , cancer , neuropeptide
Peptide receptors, overexpressed in specific cancers, represent new diagnostic and therapeutic targets. In this study, receptors for the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), and other members of the bombesin-family of peptides, were evaluated in ovarian neoplasms.
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