In human medullary thyroid carcinoma cultures, lanreotide inhibition of calcitonin secretion distinguished responder and nonresponder groups.
In plain wordsIn cells from human thyroid tumors, calcitonin secretion responses to lanreotide differed between groups.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedCalcitonin secretion response heterogeneity
- Study
humann = 18
medullary thyroid carcinoma primary cultures- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Cancer
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Two different groups were identified according to CT secretion inhibition by the clinically available SRIH analog, lanreotide.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Primary cultures were developed and tested with SRIH analogs interacting with SSTR1, SSTR2, and SSTR5.
We selected 18 MTC tumor samples, expressing SSTR1, SSTR2, and SSTR5.