Mechanisms of Disease: adipokines and breast cancer—endocrine and paracrine mechanisms that connect adiposity and breast cancer

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Summary

The increasing evidence for a role of peritumoral adipose tissue and secreted adipokines (such as adiponectin and leptin) in breast cancer is discussed and the cellular and molecular basis of the per itumoral 'desmoplastic' tissue reaction observed in breast cancers is reviewed in detail.

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review
Published
2007-04-01
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Keywords

Adipokine, Adipose tissue, Medicine, Breast cancer, Adiponectin

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