June 12th, 2007
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Can Protect From Tumor Growth
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) - commonly responsible in the regulation of blood pressure and a common therapeutic target for hypertension - has now been found to provide protection from tumor growth when strongly expressed in immune cells.
When injected with aggressive melanoma cells, normal mice developed large melanoma tumors whereas ACE 10/10 mice developed only very small […]
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