Putting the brakes on mammary tumorigenesis: Loss of STAT1 predisposes to intraepithelial neoplasias
Multiparous Stat1−/− mice spontaneously develop mammary tumors with increased incidence: at an average age of 12 months, 55% of the animals suffer from mammary cancer, although the histopathology is heterogeneous. We consistently observed mosaic expression or down-regulation of STAT1 protein in wild...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282066/ |