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Review
. 2005 Mar;29(3):293-6.
doi: 10.1007/s00268-004-7814-5.

Somatostatin, somatostatin receptors, and pancreatic cancer

Min Li  1 , William E Fisher, Hee Joon Kim, Xiaoping Wang, Charles F Brunicardi, Changyi Chen, Qizhi Yao
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Review

Somatostatin, somatostatin receptors, and pancreatic cancer

Min Li et al. World J Surg. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

Somatostatin may play an important role in the regulation of cancer growth including pancreatic cancer by interaction with somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) on the cell surface. Five SSTRs were cloned, and the function of these SSTRs is addressed in this review. SSTR-2, SSTR-5, and SSTR-1 are thought to play major roles in inhibiting pancreatic cancer growth both in vitro and in vivo. SSTR-3 may be involved in mediating apoptosis, but the role of SSTR-4 is not clear. In most pancreatic cancers, functional SSTRs are absent. Reintroduction of SSTR genes has been shown to inhibit pancreatic cancer growth in cell cultures and animal models.

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