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To evaluate the antitumor activity of FL-411 in vivo, two breast tumor xenograft models, namely, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines models, are used. The in vivo study is conducted using three different doses of FL-411: 25 mg/kg, 50 mg/kg, and 100 mg/kg. In all the models, FL-411 shows significant tumor growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner as determined by 80% and 76% tumor growth inhibition ratio in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell models, respectively. A remarkable loss of tumor weights is observed in all dose groups (p<0.001). FL-411 displays no obvious effects on the body weight of all the treatment groups. To examine whether FL-411-mediated inhibition of tumor growth in vivo is associated with reduced cell proliferation and the increased autophagy-associated cell death, tumor tissues from control and FL-411-treated mice are processed for the immunohistochemical analysis of Ki-67 and LC3. FL-411 treatment obviously reduces the number of Ki-67 (p<0.001) positive cells as well as increases autophagy levels, which is determined by increased LC3 expression (p<0.001)^[1].