Body fatness and breast cancer risk in relation to phosphorylated mTOR expression in a sample of predominately Black women

Body fatness and breast cancer risk in relation to phosphorylated mTOR expression in a sample of predominately Black women

Abstract Background The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway promoted by positive energy imbalance and insulin-like growth factors can be a mechanism by which obesity influences breast cancer risk. We evaluated the associations of body fatness with the risk of breast cancer varied with pho...

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Main Authors: Ting-Yuan David Cheng, Angela R. Omilian, Song Yao, Weizhou Zhang, Susmita Datta, Wiam Bshara, Rochelle Payne Ondracek, Warren Davis, Song Liu, Chi-Chen Hong, Elisa V. Bandera, Thaer Khoury, Christine B. Ambrosone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Mechanistic target of rapamycin
African American/Black women
Body fatness
Case-control study
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-021-01458-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-021-01458-z

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