"Bombesin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tetradecapeptide originally obtained from the skins of toads Bombina bombina and B. variegata. It is also an endogenous neurotransmitter in many animals including mammals. Bombesin affects vascular and other smooth muscle, gastric secretion, and renal circulation and function.
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D001839
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D06.472.699.100 D12.644.400.085 D12.644.548.100 D12.776.631.650.085 D20.888.033.137 D23.946.833.033.137
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bombesin" by people in Profiles.
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Engster KM, Kroczek AL, Rose M, Stengel A, Kobelt P. Peripheral injection of bombesin induces c-Fos in NUCB2/nesfatin-1 neurons. Brain Res. 2016 10 01; 1648(Pt A):46-53.
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Zhou J, Chen J, Mokotoff M, Zhong R, Shultz LD, Ball ED. Bombesin/gastrin-releasing peptide receptor: a potential target for antibody-mediated therapy of small cell lung cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Oct 15; 9(13):4953-60.
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Chang CH, Chey WY, Sun Q, Leiter A, Chang TM. Characterization of the release of cholecystokinin from a murine neuroendocrine tumor cell line, STC-1. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1994 Apr 28; 1221(3):339-47.
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Lassignal NL, Singer JJ, Walsh JV. Multiple neuropeptides exert a direct effect on the same isolated single smooth muscle cell. Am J Physiol. 1986 May; 250(5 Pt 1):C792-8.