Linoleic acid, an omega - 6 fatty acid, has been shown to encourage the growth of
mammary tumors in mice.
The researchers studied
mammary tumors in mice caused by the over production of a protein called Wnt1, which is secreted by tumor cells and is needed to advance tumor growth.
Not exact matches
The researchers confirmed these findings
in a
mammary carcinoma
mouse model — treatment with dasatinib just a few days after administering two high doses of chemotherapy prevented
tumor growth and increased survival rates.
In one experiment, 26 of 50 well - fed
mice developed
mammary tumors after two years, compared with zero of 50 that were allowed only enough food to keep them going.
Loss of the RING domain predicted poor treatment responses
in both
mouse and human
mammary tumors.
«For example,
mouse mammary tumors shared a signaling pathway that is found
in human lung cancer and controls how cells reproduce and move from one location to another.»
The absence of
tumors in virgin Nrk mutant
mice strongly suggests that the tumorigenesis is closely related to the proliferation of
mammary epithelial cells during pregnancy.
«The current study investigated the impact of dietary sugar on
mammary gland
tumor development
in multiple
mouse models, along with mechanisms that may be involved,» said co-author Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., professor of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine.
The Rac inhibitor EHop - 016 inhibits
mammary tumor growth and metastasis
in a nude
mouse model.
The Rac inhibitor EHop - 016 Inhibits
Mammary Tumor Growth And Metastasis
In A Nude
Mouse Model Translational Oncology PMID: 25389450 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC4225654.
The expression of a
tumor - suppressing protein called TGF beta is more pronounced
in the
mammary gland of
mice that are resistant to cancer (right column) than
in the
mammary gland of
mice that are susceptible to cancer (left column).
Moreover, ablation of a STAT5A allele reduces
tumor incidence
in a
mouse model of breast cancer
in which
mammary epithelial cells express T antigen (48).
These
mice developed multiple independent
mammary tumors of which the majority resembled human ILC
in terms of morphology and gene expression.
Last year, Mandriota and collaborators demonstrated that
in a cancer
mouse model, concentrations of aluminum
in the amount of those measured
in the human breast are able to transform cultured
mammary epithelial cells, allowing them to form
tumors and to metastasize.
Wang et al. tested a large collection of kinases and found that one called MELK caused
tumors to grow
in the
mammary glands of
mice.
Spontaneous
mammary tumor development
in C3H / HeJ
mice was reduced.
«The current study investigated the impact of dietary sugar on
mammary gland
tumor development
in multiple
mouse models, along with mechanisms that may be involved,» said co-author Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., professor of Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine.
Etiology: The cause of
mammary tumors is unknown
in any species except
mice,
in which an oncornavirus is causative
in certain inbred strains.
Mammary (breast)
tumors are probably the most common type of cancer seen especially
in rats and
mice.
Human Warnings: Carcinogenesis: Nitrofurazone has been shown to produce
mammary tumors in rats and ovarian
tumors in mice.