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Stress signaling from human mammary epithelial cells contributes to phenotypes of mammographic density.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 2014
DeFilippis Rosa Anna, Fordyce Colleen, Patten Kelley, Chang Hang, Zhao Jianxin, Fontenay Gerald V, Kerlikowske Karla, Parvin Bahram, Tlsty Thea D
Abstract excerpt
Telomere malfunction and other types of DNA damage induce an activin A-dependent stress response in mortal nontumorigenic human mammary epithelial cells that subsequently induces desmoplastic-like phenotypes in neighboring fibroblasts. Some characteristics of this fibroblast/stromal response, such as reduced adipocytes and increased extracellular matrix content, are observed not only in tumor tissues but also in...
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