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ea0038p146 | Neoplasia, cancer and late effects | SFEBES2015

The somatostatin analogue pasireotide decreased proliferation and increased apoptosis in pancreatic and pituitary neuroendocrine tumors in a MEN1 mouse model

Stevenson Mark , Walls Gerard , Soukup Ben , Lines Kate , Grossman Ashley , Schmid Herbert , Thakker Rajesh

Improved therapies for pancreatic and pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), which may occur in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1), are needed. We assessed the effects of pasireotide, a somatostatin analogue with high affinity for somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) −1, −2, −3 and −5, in a mouse model of MEN1. Men1+/− mice treated from 12 months of age with 40 μg/g pasireotide (n=71), or phosphate-buffered sal...