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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

Narrower (3)

Female breastLIMB-MAMMARY SYNDROMEMammary Epithelium

Broader (1)

Pectoral region structure

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Sialomucin Complex, a Heterodimeric Glycoprotein Complex
Ascites 13762 rat mammary adenocarcinoma cells express abundantly on their cell surfaces a heterodimeric glycoprotein complex… 
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
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
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Eicosanoids in neoplasia.
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… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Mammary tumor viruses.
In the mouse, the mammary tumor viruses represent a group of closely related RNA viruses (type-B particles), which are… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Effect of estradiol-17beta on blood flow to reproductive and nonreproductive tissues in pregnant ewes.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Responses of mammary cells to hormones.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Spermidine as a possible mediator of glucocorticoid effect on milk protein synthesis in mouse mammary epithelium in vitro.
Abstract Several lines of evidence are presented for the involvement of spermidine in milk protein synthesis during hormone… 
Highly Cited
1950
Highly Cited
1950
The intermediary metabolism of the mammary gland; acetate metabolism of lactating mammary gland slices with special reference to milk fat synthesis.
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