Bombesin Receptor

Known as: Receptors, Bombesin, Receptors, Neuromedin B, B Receptors, Neuromedin 
Cell surface proteins that bind bombesin or closely related peptides with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes influencing the behavior of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Bombesin functionalized gold nanoparticles show in vitro and in vivo cancer receptor specificity.
Development of cancer receptor-specific gold nanoparticles will allow efficient targeting/optimum retention of engineered gold… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Bombesin receptor antagonists may be preferable to agonists for tumor targeting.
UNLABELLED Two bombesin analogs, Demobesin 4 and Demobesin 1, were characterized in vitro as gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A gastrin-releasing peptide receptor mediates the itch sensation in the spinal cord
Itching, or pruritus, is defined as an unpleasant cutaneous sensation that serves as a physiological self-protective mechanism to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Bombesin receptor subtypes in human cancers: detection with the universal radioligand (125)I-[D-TYR(6), beta-ALA(11), PHE(13), NLE(14)] bombesin(6-14).
PURPOSE Bombesin and bombesin receptors have been shown to play a role in cancer. Whereas the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The metalloprotease Kuzbanian (ADAM10) mediates the transactivation of EGF receptor by G protein–coupled receptors
Communication between different signaling pathways enables cells to coordinate the responses to diverse environmental signals… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Identification of receptors for neuromedin U and its role in feeding
Neuromedin U (NMU) is a neuropeptide with potent activity on smooth muscle which was isolated first from porcine spinal cord and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Gastrin-releasing peptide receptors in the human prostate: relation to neoplastic transformation.
Bombesin-like peptides such as gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) have been shown to play a role in cancer as autocrine growth… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The delta-opioid receptor: isolation of a cDNA by expression cloning and pharmacological characterization.
A random primed expression cDNA library was constructed from the RNA of NG 108-15 cells. Pools of plasmid DNA were transfected… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
BRS-3: a novel bombesin receptor subtype selectively expressed in testis and lung carcinoma cells.
The bombesin (BN)-like peptides mediate a diverse spectrum of biological activities and have been implicated as autocrine growth… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
High levels of intracellular bombesin characterize human small-cell lung carcinoma.
"Small cells" or "oat cells" characterize a virulent form of lung cancer and share many biochemical properties with peptide… (More)
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