Interaction of E-cadherin and PTEN regulates morphogenesis and growth arrest in human mammary epithelial cells

MV Fournier, JE Fata, KJ Martin, P Yaswen, MJ Bissell - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a dual-function
phosphatase with tumor suppressor function compromised in a wide spectrum of cancers …

Hyperplastic breast anomalies in the female adolescent breast

EM Wolfswinkel, V Lemaine… - Seminars in Plastic …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Macromastia in adolescents is multifactorial and usually idiopathic, associated with obesity
or hormonal imbalances. Less commonly, it can result from virginal or juvenile breast …

Mouse models of breast cancer

K Sakamoto, JW Schmidt, KU Wagner - Mouse Models of Cancer: Methods …, 2015 - Springer
Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in women worldwide. This
malignancy is a complex disease, which is defined by an intrinsic heterogeneity on the …

[HTML][HTML] PTEN: new insights into its regulation and function in skin cancer

M Ming, YY He - Journal of investigative Dermatology, 2009 - Elsevier
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. UV radiation in sunlight is the
major environmental factor causing skin cancer development. PTEN (phosphatase and …

PTEN deficiency in a luminal ErbB-2 mouse model results in dramatic acceleration of mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis

B Schade, T Rao, N Dourdin, R Lesurf, M Hallett… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Overexpression and/or amplification of the ErbB-2 oncogene as well as inactivation of the
PTEN tumor suppressor are two important genetic events in human breast carcinogenesis …

Breast reduction in adolescents: indication, timing, and a review of the literature

AS Xue, EM Wolfswinkel, WM Weathers… - Journal of pediatric and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Adolescent breast hypertrophy can have long-term negative medical and
psychological impacts. In select patients, breast reduction surgery is the best treatment …

PTEN and p53 cross-regulation induced by soy isoflavone genistein promotes mammary epithelial cell cycle arrest and lobuloalveolar differentiation

OM Rahal, RCM Simmen - Carcinogenesis, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The tumor suppressors phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome ten
(PTEN) and p53 are closely related to the pathogenesis of breast cancer, yet pathway …

Microarray analysis of the involution switch

RWE Clarkson, CJ Watson - Journal of mammary gland biology and …, 2003 - Springer
Mammary epithelial cells (MEC) undergo a series of developmental decisions during a
pregnancy cycle. The switches from proliferation to differentiation to secretion and then to …

An inducible knockout mouse to model the cell-autonomous role of PTEN in initiating endometrial, prostate and thyroid neoplasias

C Mirantes, N Eritja, MA Dosil… - Disease models & …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
SUMMARY PTEN is one of the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor genes in human
cancers. The role of PTEN in carcinogenesis has been validated by knockout mouse …

Virginal mammary hypertrophy: a meta-analysis and treatment algorithm

IC Hoppe, PP Patel, CJ Singer-Granick… - Plastic and …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: Virginal mammary hypertrophy, a rapid enlargement of one or both breasts that
usually presents in the adolescent years, is a rare condition that has been reported …