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. 2001 May 22;98(11):5947-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.121179198.

Glutamate antagonists: deadly liaisons with cancer

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Glutamate antagonists: deadly liaisons with cancer

E A Cavalheiro et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Glutamate signaling has long been assumed to be restricted to the CNS; however a growing body of recent evidence documents that non-neural cells throughout the body possess glutamate receptors, including bone osteoblasts and osteoclasta, megakaryocytes, keratinocytes, pancreatic islet cells, taste buds, and cells in the lung, liver, heart, kidney, and adrenal.

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