Glucocorticoids promote transition of ductal carcinoma in situ to invasive ductal carcinoma by inducing myoepithelial cell apoptosis

Abstract Background The microenvironment and stress factors like glucocorticoids have a strong influence on breast cancer progression but their role in the first stages of breast cancer and, particularly, in myoepithelial cell regulation remains unclear. Consequently, we investigated the role of glu...

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Main Authors: Arantzazu Zubeldia-Plazaola, Leire Recalde-Percaz, Núria Moragas, Mireia Alcaraz, Xieng Chen, Mario Mancino, Patricia Fernández-Nogueira, Miquel Prats de Puig, Flavia Guzman, Aleix Noguera-Castells, Anna López-Plana, Estel Enreig, Neus Carbó, Vanessa Almendro, Pedro Gascón, Paloma Bragado, Gemma Fuster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-018-0977-z