Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52355#.VJJC7cnQrzE Author(s) Cheryl Alecrim Santos 1 , Gabriela Soares da Silva Brito 2 , Silvana Aparecida Alves Corrêa de Noronha 3 , Samuel Marcos Ribeiro de Noronha 4 , Suma Imura Shimuta 5 , Clovis Ryiuchi Nakaie 6 , Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro da Silva 7 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Gynecology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 2 Department of Surgery, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 3 Department of Biophysics, Federal University of Sao Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil . ABSTRACT Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] is a heptapeptide of the renin-angiotensin system with vasodilator and anti-proliferative properties. In the present study, we aim to investigate whether Ang-(1-7) induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells and whether the altered expression of apoptosis-related genes is involv...
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