Pathobiology of the 129:Stat1 −/− mouse model of human age-related ER-positive breast cancer with an immune infiltrate-excluded phenotype
Abstract Background Stat1 gene-targeted knockout mice (129S6/SvEvTac-Stat1 tm1Rds) develop estrogen receptor-positive (ER+), luminal-type mammary carcinomas at an advanced age. There is evidence for both host environment as well as tumor cell-intrinsic mechanisms to initiate tumorigenesis in this mo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | Breast Cancer Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-017-0892-8 |