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Breast

Known as: Mamma, Breasts, Mammary region 
In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the… 
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Atrophy of breastAugmentation mammoplastyBenign neoplasm of breastBreast Cancer, Familial

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Female breastLIMB-MAMMARY SYNDROMEMammary Epithelium

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Pectoral region structure

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A dendrimer‐based nanosized contrast agent dual‐labeled for magnetic resonance and optical fluorescence imaging to localize the sentinel lymph node in mice
To preoperatively and intraoperatively localize the sentinel lymph node (SLN), a single hybrid probe for MR and near infrared… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Variegated transgene expression in mouse mammary gland is determined by the transgene integration locus.
Mice carrying an ovine beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) transgene secrete BLG protein into their milk. To explore transgene expression… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Int-6, a highly conserved, widely expressed gene, is mutated by mouse mammary tumor virus in mammary preneoplasia
With a unique mouse mammary tumor model system in which mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) insertional mutations can be detected… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Fgf-8, activated by proviral insertion, cooperates with the Wnt-1 transgene in murine mammary tumorigenesis
We have used mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) infection of Wnt-1 transgenic mice to accelerate mammary tumorigenesis and to… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Effects of lycopene on spontaneous mammary tumour development in SHN virgin mice.
Effects of the chronic ingestion of lycopene, a carotenoid from tomato, on the development of spontaneous mammary tumours were… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Hypothesis for mammary tumorigenesis in Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to certain triazine herbicides.
The symmetrical triazine herbicides have been used for the preemergence control of broadleaf weeds for nearly three decades… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Mouse mammary tumor virus infection accelerates mammary carcinogenesis in Wnt-1 transgenic mice by insertional activation of int-2/Fgf-3 and hst/Fgf-4.
Transgenic mice carrying the Wnt-1 protooncogene modified for expression in mammary epithelial cells exhibit hyperplastic mammary… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Photosensitization of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase by hematoporphyrin derivative and related porphyrins in vitro and in vivo.
Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase activity was inhibited by exposure to hematoporphyrin derivative followed by photoirradiation… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Integration of the DNA of mouse mammary tumor virus in virus-infected normal and neoplastic tissue of the mouse
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Effect of estradiol-17beta on blood flow to reproductive and nonreproductive tissues in pregnant ewes.
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