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Overview

Terry W. Moody is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on oncology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology. Additional areas of study include epidemiology as well as psychiatry and mental health.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Their recent publications indicate a focus on receptor biology and targeted therapies, especially in the context of cancer and nervous system disorders. Notable papers include:

  • Bombesin Receptor Family Activation and CNS/Neural Tumors: Review of Evidence Supporting Possible Role for Novel Targeted Therapy (2021), published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • The G Protein-Coupled Receptor PAC1 Regulates Transactivation of the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase HER3 (2020), published in Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide/vasoactive intestinal peptide [Part 1]: biology, pharmacology, and new insights into their cellular basis of action/signaling which are providing new therapeutic targets (2021), published in Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity
  • Peptide G-Protein-Coupled Receptors and ErbB Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Cancer (2023), published in Biology
  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide/vasoactive intestinal peptide (Part 2): biology and clinical importance in central nervous system and inflammatory disorders (2021), published in Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity

Their frequent publication venues reflect consistent contributions to journals prominent in cancer research and endocrinology, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Biology
  • Current Opinion in Endocrinology Diabetes and Obesity
  • Peptides

Collaborations form a significant part of their research work. Regular co-authors include:

  • Robert T. Jensen
  • Irene Ramos-Álvarez
  • Samuel A. Mantey
  • Lingaku Lee
  • Jim Battey

Best Publications

  • Bombesin-like peptides can function as autocrine growth factors in human small-cell lung cancer.

    Frank Cuttitta;Desmond N. Carney;James Mulshine;Terry W. Moody

  • Establishment and Identification of Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Lines Having Classic and Variant Features

    Desmond N. Carney;Adi F. Gazdar;Gerold Bepler;John G. Guccion

  • High levels of intracellular bombesin characterize human small-cell lung carcinoma.

    Terry W. Moody;Candace B. Pert;Adi F. Gazdar;Desmond N. Carney

  • ADRENOMEDULLIN EXPRESSION IN HUMAN TUMOR CELL LINES : ITS POTENTIAL ROLE AS AN AUTOCRINE GROWTH FACTOR

    Mae Jean Miller;Alfredo Martínez;Edward J. Unsworth;Carol J. Thiele

  • Selective stimulation of small cell lung cancer clonal growth by bombesin and gastrin-releasing peptide.

    Desmond N. Carney;Frank Cuttitta;Terry W. Moody;John D. Minna

  • Inhibition of Wnt-2-mediated signaling induces programmed cell death in non-small-cell lung cancer cells.

    Liang You;Biao He;Zhidong Xu;Kazutsugu Uematsu

  • Interaction of bombesin and litorin with specific membrane receptors on pancreatic acinar cells

    R. T. Jensen;T. Moody;C. Pert;J. E. Rivier

  • I. High affinity receptors for bombesin/GRP-like peptides on human small cell lung cancer

    Terry W. Moody;Desmond N. Carney;Frank Cuttitta;Keith Quattrocchi

  • Growth control of lung cancer by interruption of 5-lipoxygenase-mediated growth factor signaling.

    I M Avis;M Jett;T Boyle;M D Vos

  • Bombesin-related peptides and their receptors: recent advances in their role in physiology and disease states.

    Nieves Gonzalez;Terry W Moody;Hisato Igarashi;Tetsuhide Ito

  • Bomebesin: specific binding to rat brain membranes

    Terry W. Moody;Candace B. Pert;Jean Rivier;Marvin R. Brown

  • Five-lipoxygenase inhibitors can mediate apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines through complex eicosanoid interactions.

    Ingalill Avis;Sung H. Hong;Alfredo Martínez;Terry Moody

  • Autoradiographic distribution of substance P receptors in rat central nervous system

    Remi Quirion;Clifford W. Shults;Terry W. Moody;Candace B. Pert

  • Regulation of insulin secretion and blood glucose metabolism by adrenomedullin

    Alfredo Martínez;Cyprian Weaver;José López;Sam J. Bhathena

  • [Psi 13,14] bombesin analogues inhibit growth of small cell lung cancerin vitro and in vivo.

    Samira Mahmoud;Julie Staley;John Taylor;Arthur Bogden

  • Bombesin: receptor distribution in brain and effects on nociception and locomotor activity.

    Agu Pert;Terry W. Moody;Candace B. Pert;Louise A. Dewald

  • Biochemical localization and characterization of bombesin-like peptides in discrete regions of rat brain

    T.W. Moody;T.W. Moody;T.L. O'Donohue;T.L. O'Donohue;D.M. Jacobowitz;D.M. Jacobowitz

  • Bombesin Receptor-Mediated Imaging and Cytotoxicity: Review and Current Status

    Veronica Sancho;Alessia Di Florio;Terry W. Moody;Robert T. Jensen

  • LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS PREVENT LUNG CARCINOGENESIS AND INHIBIT NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER GROWTH

    T W Moody;J Leyton;A Martinez;S Hong

  • A vasoactive intestinal peptide antagonist inhibits non-small cell lung cancer growth.

    Terry W. Moody;Farah Zia;Muriel Draoui;Douglas E. Brenneman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert T. Jensen
Robert T. Jensen National Institutes of Health
David H. Coy
David H. Coy Tulane University
Frank Cuttitta
Frank Cuttitta National Institutes of Health
Illana Gozes
Illana Gozes Tel Aviv University
Thomas L. O'Donohue
Thomas L. O'Donohue National Institutes of Health
Douglas E. Brenneman
Douglas E. Brenneman Kannalife Sciences
Mati Fridkin
Mati Fridkin Weizmann Institute of Science
David A. Wink
David A. Wink National Institutes of Health
Allan L. Goldstein
Allan L. Goldstein George Washington University
Gary Fiskum
Gary Fiskum University of Maryland, Baltimore

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