Reciprocal interactions between breast tumor and its adipose microenvironment based on a 3D adipose equivalent model.

Breast cancer has become the most common cancer among women in industrialized countries. Obesity is well established as a risk factor, in particular owing to the attendant secretion of the entities called adipokines; there is growing evidence for a role of cells and factors present in the mammary tu...

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Main Authors: Laetitia Delort, Charlotte Lequeux, Virginie Dubois, Alice Dubouloz, Hermine Billard, Ali Mojallal, Odile Damour, Marie-Paule Vasson, Florence Caldefie-Chézet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672201?pdf=render