In vitro adenylate cyclase-stimulating activity predicts the occurrence of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy in nude mice.
Weir EC, Insogna KL, Brownstein DG, Bander NH, Broadus AE. In vitro adenylate cyclase-stimulating activity predicts the occurrence of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy in nude mice. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1988, 81: 818-821. PMID: 3343341, PMCID: PMC442531, DOI: 10.1172/jci113389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdenylate cyclase-stimulating activityNude miceHumoral hypercalcemiaSyndrome of HHMMean tumor sizeReliable predictive markersHuman renal carcinoma cell linesCyclase-stimulating activityCell linesRenal carcinoma cell linesCultured tumor cellsHypercalcemic animalsTumor sizeCarcinoma cell linesPredictive markerBone resorptionTumor extractsTumor cellsMiceNormocalcemic animalsPotential mediatorsHypercalcemiaHHMCell assayMalignancy