Microcalcifications in breast cancer: An active phenomenon mediated by epithelial cells with mesenchymal characteristics

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scimeca, Manuel ^a   Giannini, Elena ^a   Antonacci, Chiara ^a   Pistolese, Chiara A ^a   Spagnoli, Luigi G ^a   Bonanno, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CYTOKERATIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; MAGNESIUM; OSTEOPONTIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER INFILTRATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME; MINERALIZATION; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; BREAST TUMOR; CALCINOSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

BETA CATENIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOPONTIN; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84899963046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-286     Document Type: Article

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