Patent ID: 7375073

Claim:
A composition for inhibition of at least one of cancer cell growth or proliferation comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of an agonist for the angiotensin-(1-7) receptor in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier formulated for delivery of the agonist to the angiotensin-(1-7) receptor on the cancer cells, wherein the angiotensin-(1-7) receptor agonist comprises angiotensin-(1-7) peptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein a pharmaceutically effective amount of angiotensin-(1-7) receptor agonist comprises an amount determined to be sufficient to inhibit cancer cell growth or proliferation by binding to the angiotensin-(1-7) receptor on the cancer cell, and ranges from 0.01 nM to 100 nM angiotensin-(1-7).