[Histamine and lung cancer. II. Human lung cancer cell line and histamine].
Using tissue culture and biochemical technique, the effects of autacoid-histamine and histamine H-2 receptor's antagonist-cimetidine on human lung cancer cell line were studied. It was shown that histamine at the concentration of 1.8 x 10(-7) M stimulated proliferation of the lung cancer cells, but histamine at the concentration of 1.8 x 10(-4) M or cimetidine at 1.76 x 10(-7) M inhibited growth of the lung cancer cells. Relation between histamine, histidine decarboxylase, histamine formation capacity and tumor proliferation is discussed.
Xue
L F
LF
Beijing Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Cancer Institute.
Cheng
J
J
Wang
J W
JW
Song
Y
Y
Gu
S X
SX
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D002927:Cimetidine; D006632:Histamine