The molecular landscape of the normal human breast--defining normal.
A key approach in understanding how breast cancer can occur is to determine the regulatory pathways at play in the normal breast and to identify precisely the normal developmental mechanisms subverted during early breast cancer progression. Using normal human breast tissue samples, Pardo and colleagues have identified the gene targets and pathways displaying fluctuating expression as a consequence of the menstrual cycle. Detailed characterization of how the human breast functions in its normal state, and how this may be perturbed at its earliest point, will provide a critical step toward the prevention of breast cancer.
Sydney Medical School - Westmead, University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, 176 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia . heidi.hilton@sydney.edu.au.
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Sydney Medical School - Westmead, University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, 176 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia . dinny.graham@sydney.edu.au.
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D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017697:Premenopause / Q000235:genetics*; D014015:Tissue Banks; D059467:Transcriptome / Q000235:genetics*