High mammographic density is associated with an increase in stromal collagen and immune cells within the mammary epithelium

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Huo, Cecilia W ^a   Chew, Grace ^a   Hill, Prue ^b   Huang, Dexing ^c   Ingman, Wendy ^d,e   Hodson, Leigh ^d,e   Brown, Kristy A ^f   Magenau, Astrid ^g,h   Allam, Amr H ^g,h   McGhee, Ewan ^h   Timpson, Paul ^g,h   Henderson, Michael A ^a,j   Thompson, Erik W ^a,c,j,k   Britt, Kara ^a,i,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^j PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^k QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^l MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CD206 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST EPITHELIUM CELL; BREAST STROMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; HIGH BREAST DENSITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOW BREAST DENSITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MASTECTOMY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS; ABNORMALITIES; BREAST TUMOR; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MACROPHAGE; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BREAST; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MACROPHAGES; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84933045989     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0592-1     Document Type: Article

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