title: Nutritionally regulated biomarkers for breast cancer.
abstract: Recent data on the expression and function of the ZIP family of proteins has suggested that these zinc transporters may be useful biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of human breast cancer. This exciting new area of research opens the door for the use of a variety of nutritionally regulated genes and proteins as screening tools not only for breast cancer, but for a variety of other diseases for which early detection is important.
authors.affiliation: Program in Neuroscience and Department of Nutrition, Food & Exercise Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4340, USA. levenson@neuro.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Cathy W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Levenson
authors.forename: Rikki C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Somers
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D011379:Prognosis; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015032:Zinc