Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Mediates Nicotine-induced Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest of Hepatocellular Carcinoma HepG2 Cells

Khalil Hajiasgharzadeh ¹ , Mohammad Hossein Somi ² , Behzad Mansoori ¹ , Mohammad Amin Doustvandi ¹ , Fatemeh Vahidian ¹, Mohsen Alizadeh ¹, Ahad Mokhtarzadeh ¹ , Dariush Shanehbandi ¹ , Behzad Baradaran ^1,3 *

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