Role of Somatostatin Receptor in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Development, Diagnosis, and Therapy

Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are rare and part of the diverse family of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). Somatostatin receptors (SSTRs), which are widely expressed in NENs, are G-protein coupled receptors that can be activated by somatostatins or its synthetic analogs. Therefore, SSTRs h...

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Hauptverfasser: Yuheng Hu, Zeng Ye, Fei Wang, Yi Qin, Xiaowu Xu, Xianjun Yu, Shunrong Ji
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Schriftenreihe:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Zugang:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.679000/full