Patricia E. Gallagher, Ph.D., and E. Ann Tallant, Ph.D., senior researchers on the project, had preiously reported a similar effect in lung cancer cells studied in the laboratory.

• 癌症研究杂志报道说，科学家将血管紧张素-（1-7）治疗荷瘤小鼠，肿瘤体积减少了30%25。而没有使用该激素的小鼠肿瘤体积增长了两倍。