Expression of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in human lung cells

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We and others have shown that one of the mechanisms of growth regulation of small cell lung cancer cell lines and cultured pulmonary neuroendocrine cells is by the binding of agonists to the α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine recept...

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Main Authors: Schuller Hildegard M, Dhar Madhu, Plummer Howard K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-04-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Online Access:http://respiratory-research.com/content/6/1/29