Monday, 24 June 2013

Fat cells in breast may connect social stress to triple-negative breast cancer

Local chemical signals released by fat cells in the mammary gland appear to provide a crucial link between exposure to unrelenting social stressors early in life, and the subsequent development of breast cancer, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Volden PA, et al. Chronic Social Isolation Is Associated with Metabolic Gene Expression Changes Specific to Mammary Adipose Tissue. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2013 Jun 18. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23780289

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