Cancer Letters
Volume 222, Issue 1 , Pages 95-105 , 10 May 2005

Analysis of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of trophic action of a misspliced form of the type B cholecystokinin receptor present in colon and pancreatic cancer

Received 20 May 2004 ,Revised 5 August 2004 ,Accepted 2 September 2004.

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 This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, DK32878, the Fiterman Foundation, and by the Kendall-Mayo Fellowship Award (Z.-J.C.).

PII: S0304-3835(04)00713-X

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.09.008

Cancer Letters
Volume 222, Issue 1 , Pages 95-105 , 10 May 2005