Breast Cancer
New findings in breast cancer described from France, the United States and cjen@sun
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 11th, 2006
Study 1: According to recent research from France, adiponectin mediates antiproliferative and apoptotic responses in human MCF7 breast cancer cells.
"It is well established that obesity is a risk factor for breast cancer and that blood levels of adiponectin, a hormone mainly secreted by white adipocytes, are inversely correlated with the body fat mass. As adiponectin elicits anti-proliferative effects in some cell types, we tested the hypothesis that adiponectin could influence human breast cancer MCF-7 cell growth.
"Here we show that MCF-7...
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