Association between local inflammation and breast tissue age-related lobular involution among premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer patients.

Increased levels of pro-inflammatory markers and decreased levels of anti-inflammatory markers in the breast tissue can result in local inflammation. We aimed to investigate whether local inflammation in the breast tissue is associated with age-related lobular involution, a process inversely related...

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Main Authors: Mirette Hanna, Isabelle Dumas, Michèle Orain, Simon Jacob, Bernard Têtu, François Sanschagrin, Alexandre Bureau, Brigitte Poirier, Caroline Diorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5573208?pdf=render