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Human colorectal cancer tissue and matched uninvolved mucosa from 21 patients were examined by radioligand displacement for the presence of binding sites for bombesin-like peptides. Five cancers, but no uninvolved mucosa, expressed high-affinity, low-capacity bombesin binding sites (Kd = 6.53 nM, Bmax = 58.6 fmol mg-1 protein) of the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP)-preferring subtype (IC50 4.8 nM). Bombesin-like peptides may have a role in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer, and bombesin receptor antagonists may be of value in the treatment of receptor-positive tumours.
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Preston, S., Woodhouse, L., Jones-Blackett, S. et al. High-affinity binding sites for gastrin-releasing peptide on human colorectal cancer tissue but not uninvolved mucosa. Br J Cancer 71, 1087–1089 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1995.210
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