Proliferative effects of insulin analogues on mammary epithelial cells - PubMed (original) (raw)

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Proliferative effects of insulin analogues on mammary epithelial cells

Doris Mayer et al. Arch Physiol Biochem. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

Structural modification of insulin results in the generation of insulin analogues that show altered binding affinities to the insulin receptor and/or IGF-I receptor. As a consequence these insulin analogues may have increased mitogenic potency. Nine benign or malignant human mammary epithelial cells, which show different insulin receptor and IGF-I receptor expression patterns, were studied regarding mitogenicity of insulin and insulin analogues. Only insulin glargine showed a significantly higher proliferative effect on MCF-7 breast cancer cells compared to regular insulin among a panel of short- or long-acting insulin analogues, that are in clinical use.

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