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Cadmium Malignantly Transforms Normal Human Breast Epithelial Cells into a Basal-like Phenotype

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer has recently been linked to cadmium exposure. Although not uniformly supported, it is hypothesized that cadmium acts as a metalloestrogenic carcinogen via the estrogen receptor (ER). Thus, we studied the effects of chronic exposure to cadmium on the normal human breast epit...

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Autores principales: Benbrahim-Tallaa, Lamia, Tokar, Erik J., Diwan, Bhalchandra A., Dill, Anna L., Coppin, Jean-François, Waalkes, Michael P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900999