The Effects of Flaxseed and Tamoxifen on the Inflammatory Microenvironment in Normal Breast Tissue and in Breast Cancer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindahl, Gabriel.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Linköping : Linkopings Universitet, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Linköping University Medical Dissertations Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Abstract
  • Table of contents
  • Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning
  • List of scientific papers
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Breast cancer and risk factors
  • Estrogens and the estrogen receptors
  • Antiestrogens
  • Phytoestrogens
  • The tumor microenvironment and inflammation
  • Inflammatory mediators - cytokines
  • Inflammatory mediators - proteases
  • Angiogenesis
  • Aims of this thesis
  • Comments on material and methods
  • Cell culture
  • Mouse models
  • Human subjects
  • The microdialysis technique
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
  • Luminex®
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Proliferation - MTS assay
  • Proximity extension assay
  • Statistics
  • Results and discussion
  • Conclusions
  • Future perspectives
  • Acknowledgement
  • References.