ea0013p152 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2007
Li Chao
, Zhong Wenwen
, Xu Shang-Zhong
, Atkin Stephen L
SOM230 is one of the long-acting somatostatin analogues, which has been developed for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours. Recently we found that SOM230 inhibits the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). The aim of this study is to further investigate its antiproliferative effect using adult human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) and human dermal microvessel endothelial cells (HDMECs). The expression of SSTRs and the potential mechanism were obs...