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Definition of Bombesin

1. a combination of amino acids [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bombesin

1. Tetradecapeptide neurohormone with paracrine/autocrine effects first isolated from skin of fire bellied toad Bombina bombina), mammalian equivalent is gastrin-releasing peptide. Bombesin cross reacts with gastrin-releasing peptide receptors. Both are mitogenic for Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts at nanomolar levels. Neuropeptides of this type are found in many tissues and at high levels in pulmonary (small cell carcinoma) and thyroid tumours. (14 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Bombesin

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1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"118 resistance, with sympathetic nerve stimulation in pump-perfused lung lobe (canine), 160, 38 bombesin stimulates gastrin ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Cigarette smoking is associated with hyperplasia of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells and variably increased levels of bombesin-like peptides in the lower ..."

3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"1998), cholecystokinin (CCK), and bombesin (Kulkosky 1985), ... However, in the same studies CRF, CCK, and bombesin also decreased food intake, ..."

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