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Data from University of Adelaide provide new insights into breast cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 2nd, 2010

2010 DEC 2 -- New research, 'Multiple functions of CXCL12 in a syngeneic model of breast cancer,' is the subject of a report. "A growing body of work implicates chemokines, in particular CXCL12 and its receptors, in the progression and site-specific metastasis of various cancers, including breast cancer. Various agents have been used to block the CXCL12-CXCR4 interaction as a means of inhibiting cancer metastasis," researchers in Adelaide, Australia report.

"However, as a potent chemotactic factor for leukocytes, CXCL12 also has the potential to enhance anti-cancer immunity. To further elucidate its role in breast cancer progression, CXCL12 and its...

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