Breast Cancer
Findings from College of Medicine, Department of Surgery provide new insights into breast cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 29th, 2007
Fresh data on breast cancer are presented in the report 'Expression of AITR and AITR ligand in breast cancer patients.' According to recent research published in the journal Oncology Reports, "Human activation-inducible TNF receptor (AITR) is a new member of the tumor necrosis factor family and expressed on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and leukocytes. Its ligand (AITRL) is expressed in endothelial cells."
"This study aimed to evaluate the presence and role of AITR and AITRL in patients with breast cancer. Expression of AITR and AITRL on PBMC and breast cancer cells was determined by flow cytometry, RT-PCR and fluorescence microscopy. Soluble (s) AITR...
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