Effects of insulin and analogues on carcinogen-induced mammary tumours in high-fat-fed rats

It is not fully clarified whether insulin glargine, an analogue with a high affinity for insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R), increases the risk for cancers that abundantly express IGF-1R such as breast cancer or some types of breast cancer. To gain insight into this issue, female Sprague...

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Main Authors: Yusaku Mori, Eunhyoung Ko, Rudolf Furrer, Linda C Qu, Stuart C Wiber, I George Fantus, Mario Thevis, Alan Medline, Adria Giacca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2018-05-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
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Online Access:http://www.endocrineconnections.com/content/7/5/739.full