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Luteinizing hormone‐releasing factor‐like immunoreactivity in islet cells and insulomas of the human pancreas
Author(s) -
Wahlström T.,
Seppälä M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910240607
Subject(s) - immunoperoxidase , pancreas , endocrinology , luteinizing hormone , medicine , islet , biology , hormone , antibody , immunology , insulin , monoclonal antibody
Luteinizing hormone‐releasing factor (LRF)‐like immunoreactivity was demonstrated by a three‐layer immunoperoxidase method in the islet cells of human pancreas and in the neoplastic cells of insulomas. Adenocarcinomas originating in the exocrine pancreas were LRF‐negative. The results demonstrate another hypothalamic peptide‐like material in the gastrointestinal tract, the biological role of which remains to be clarified.