Clinicopathological Significance of Stromal Myofibroblasts in Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast

Induction of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Fibroblasts by Tumor-derived Factors Affects Invasive Growth of Tumor Cells : In Vitro Analysis of Tumor-Stromal Interactions

1998 • 291 citations

Mammary fibroblasts may influence breast tumor angiogenesis via hypoxia-induced vascular endothelial growth factor up-regulation and protein expression.

1994 • 185 citations

The complexities of breast cancer desmoplasia

2001 • 178 citations

Malignant breast epithelium selects for insulin-like growth factor II expression in breast stroma: evidence for paracrine function.

1995 • 134 citations

CD34+ fibrocytes in invasive ductal carcinoma, ductal carcinoma in situ, and benign breast lesions

2001 • 132 citations

Expression of tissue factor in tumor stroma correlates with progression to invasive human breast cancer: paracrine regulation by carcinoma cell-derived members of the transforming growth factor beta family.

1996 • 125 citations

CD34 + fibrocytes, a-smooth muscle antigen-positive myofibroblasts, and CD117 expression in the stroma of invasive squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx

2004 • 107 citations

Differential expression of CD34 in normal colorectal tissue, peritumoral inflammatory tissue, and tumour stroma

2000 • 84 citations

CD34 + fibrocytes in normal cervical stroma, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia III, and invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix uteri

2002 • 77 citations

The Myofibroblast Is the Predominant Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1-Expressing Cell Type in Human Breast Carcinomas

2003 • 70 citations

Proliferative Activity of Intratumoral Fibroblasts Is Closely Correlated with Lymph Node and Distant Organ Metastases of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast

2000 • 70 citations

IGF-II mRNA and protein are expressed in the stroma of invasive breast cancers: Anin situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry study

1996 • 62 citations

Urokinase-type-plasminogen-activator(UPA) production by human breast (myo)fibroblastsin vitro: Influence of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFβ1) compared with factor(s) released by human epithelial-carcinoma cells

1998 • 34 citations

Tumor-stroma interactions and stromal cell density regulate hepatocyte growth factor protein levels: a role for transforming growth factor-beta activation.

1995 • 23 citations

Tumor-stroma interactions and stromal cell density regulate hepatocyte growth factor protein levels: a role for transforming growth factor- beta activation

1995 • 10 citations

Local feedback mechanisms in human breast cancer

2000 • 9 citations

Pharmacological modulation of local feedback mechanisms as a therapeutic approach in breast cancer treatment

2003 • 4 citations

Human fibroblasts from normal and malignant breast tissue grown in vitro show a distinct senescence profile and telomerase activity.

2002 • 4 citations

Observations on the role of FXIIIa+ dendritic mammary stromal cells in myofibroblastic stromal remodeling and angiogenesis in mammary carcinoma.

1998 • 2 citations