Journal article
Zinc presence in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast and its correlation with oestrogen receptor status
Abstract
Zinc is known to play an important role in many cellular processes, and the levels of zinc are controlled by specific transporters from the ZIP (SLC39A) influx transporter group and the ZnT (SLC30A) efflux transporter group. The distribution of zinc was measured in 59 samples of invasive ductal carcinoma of breast using synchrotron radiation micro probe x-ray fluorescence facilities. The samples were formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue …
Authors
Farquharson MJ; Al-Ebraheem A; Geraki K; Leek R; Jubb A; Harris AL
Journal
Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 54, No. 13, pp. 4213–4223
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Publication Date
July 7, 2009
DOI
10.1088/0031-9155/54/13/016
ISSN
0031-9155