… association between obesity and breast cancer. … obesity-associated changes may affect
breast malignancy, and we will outline the role of the obesity cytokine leptin in this type of cancer…

… breast tumor cells and the surrounding microenvironment. This review discussed the inverse
… between obesity and breast cancer among premenopausal breast cancer females and the …

… breast cancer cells. Traditionally, the two most important adipokines associated with the
development of breast cancer related to obesity are leptin, … function in obesity-related breast …

… leptin that acts upon breast cancer cells? Until now, the association between circulating leptin
levels and breast cancer or breast cancer … serum leptin was associated with breast cancer …

… obesity on breast cancer [7… leptin on breast carcinogenesis. We will also envision the potential
therapeutical strategies targeting leptin actions in breast cancer patients, especially obese …

… whether the leptin system could become a target in breast cancer therapy, we examined
the expression of leptin and its receptor (ObR) in primary and metastatic breast cancer and …

… In obese humans, high plasma levels of leptin are correlated with increased fat mass and
the development of resistance to insulin [13, 14]. These data indicate that hormones seem to …

… On the other hand, the role of serum leptin levels in breast cancer appears to be more … that
serum leptin levels are increased in women with breast cancer but others have found leptin to …

… leptin system might play an important role in breast cancer … of expression of leptin in obese
women; the ability of leptin to … of expression of leptin and its receptors in breast cancer cells; …

… , and the related reduced breast cancer survival, occur in … The mechanisms by which obesity
affects breast cancer risk … role in obesity-mediated breast cancer progression, is leptin. This …