Melatonin Immunoreactivity in Malignant Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours.

Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours (SI-NETs) are derived from enterochromaffin cells. After demonstrating melatonin in enterochromaffin cells, we hypothesized that SI-NETs may express and secrete melatonin, which may have an impact on clinical factors and treatment response.Tumour tissue from 2...

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Main Authors: Fanny Söderquist, Eva Tiensuu Janson, Annica J Rasmusson, Abir Ali, Mats Stridsberg, Janet L Cunningham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5063280?pdf=render