Ghrelin attenuates the growth of HO-8910 ovarian cancer cells through the ERK pathway
Ovarian cancer is one of the most common causes of death from gynecologic tumors and is an important public health issue. Ghrelin is a recently discovered bioactive peptide that acts as a natural endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR). Several studies have identified th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2016-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000300602&lng=en&tlng=en |