Breast Cancer
Scientists at Northwestern University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology target breast cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 7th, 2006
New investigation results, "BRCA1 negatively regulates the cancer-associated aromatase promoters I.3 and II in breast adipose fibroblasts and malignant epithelial cells," are detailed in a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. "Heterozygous mutations of the breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) gene that lead to haploinsufficiency increase the risk of breast cancer. The underlying mechanism is unknown," researchers in the United States report.
"Because excessive estrogen production increases the risk of breast cancer, we determined whether BRCA1 suppresses aromatase expression and thus local estrogen production in breast adipose...
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