Abstract:SUMMARYThe gastrointestinal peptide, gastrin, stimulates growth of gastric adenocarcinoma (gastric cancer) through the cholecystokinin-B receptors that are overexpressed in this malignancy. Serum gastrin levels may be increased secondary to chronic administration of proton pump inhibitors, atrophic gastritis, Helicobacter pylori infection, or from de novo gastrin expression from the gastric cancer epithelial cells. Strategies to interrupt the interaction of gastrin at the cholecystokinin-B receptor may provide… Show more
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