In human somatotroph tumour cultures, lanreotide significantly inhibited cell proliferation in 7 tumors.
In plain wordsIn lab tests, lanreotide significantly reduced cell proliferation in seven human pituitary tumours.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- DecreaseTumour cell proliferation
- Study
humann = 18
Primary cultures of somatotroph pituitary adenomas- Outcome group
- Tumor growth · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Our results showed that cell proliferation was significantly inhibited by SST-14, lanreotide, BIM-23190, and BIM-23268 in 4, 7, 3, and 4 tumors, respectively (range of proliferation suppression 5-60%; median, 16%).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We investigated the effects of SST-14, lanreotide, and SSTR 2 (BIM-23190) and SSTR 5 (BIM-23268) specific analogs in 18 somatotroph pituitary adenomas in primary culture.