@article{ad19457ad6b54b8d832b49b717ccbc8c,
title = "The increased proliferation of cultured neuroblastoma cells treated with vasoactive intestinal peptide is enhanced by simultaneous inhibition of neutral endopeptidase",
abstract = "Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) stimulates the neuroblastoma cell line (NMB) to proliferate. Neuropeptide activity can be inhibited by neutral endopeptidases that function intracellularly and in the extracellular milieu. NMB cells express neutral endopeptidase (NEP) activity that can be specifically inhibited by phosphoramidon (PA). Our data now show that phosphoramidon treatment increases the efficacy of VIP-stimulated neuroblastoma proliferation. These results suggest that membrane endopeptidases modulate VIP-associated cell proliferation and enhancement of endopeptidase activity may serve as a target for cancer therapy.",
keywords = "Neuroblastoma cells, Neutral endopeptidase, Vasoactive intestinal peptide",
author = "Yoram Wollman and Shmariahu Blumberg and Anya Spungin and Brenneman, {Douglas E.} and Mati Fridkin and Jonathan Wollman and Adrian Iaina and Illana Gozes",
note = "Funding Information: This paper is in memory of our dear colleague and friend Professor Shmariahu Blumberg. Supported by BSF, ISOA, Neufeld award, ISF and Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the investigation of growth factors. We thank Dr. Avron D. Spier for the critical reading of this manuscript.",
year = "2002",
month = oct,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/S0167-0115(02)00098-8",
language = "אנגלית",
volume = "108",
pages = "175--177",
journal = "Regulatory Peptides",
issn = "0167-0115",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "2-3",
}