Abstract
Adipocytes represent one of the most abundant constituents of the mammary gland. They are essential for mammary tumor growth and survival. Metabolically, one of the more important fat-derived factors ("adipokines") is adiponectin (APN). Serum concentrations of APN negatively correlate with body mass index and insulin resistance. To explore the association of APN with breast cancer and tumor angiogenesis, we took an in vivo approach aiming to study its role in the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-polyoma middle T antigen (PyMT) mammary tumor model.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3265-76 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Clinical Cancer Research |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2009 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Adiponectin
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral, Tumor
- Apoptosis
- Blotting, Western
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Glucose
- Male
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
- Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- PPAR gamma
- Polyomavirus
- Positron-Emission Tomography
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Thiazolidinediones
- Time Factors
- Tumor Burden
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A