ArticleCancer research2013
Obesity promotes breast cancer by CCL2-mediated macrophage recruitment and angiogenesis.
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- Complex Interplay Between Obesity and BRCA1/2-Associated Breast Cancer: An Overview.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Review
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- Scaffolding Protein ENH Promotes Tumor Angiogenesis and Growth Through Macrophage Recruitment and Polarization.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Microbiome in Breast Cancer: The Role ofMicroorganisms · 2025Review
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Abstract
Obesity is one of the most important preventable causes of cancer and the most significant risk factor for breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Compared with lean women, obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with a larger, higher grade tumor, an increased incidence of lymph node metastases, and elevated risk of distant recurrence. However, the mechanisms connecting obesity to the pathogenesis of breast cancer are poorly defined. Here, we show that during obesity, adipocytes within human and mouse breast tissues recruit and activate macrophages through a previously uncharacterized CCL2/IL-1β/CXCL12 signaling pathway. Activated macrophages in turn promote stromal vascularization and angiogenesis even before the formation of cancer. Recapitulating these changes using a novel humanized breast cancer model was sufficient to promote angiogenesis and prime the microenvironment prior to neoplastic transformation for accelerated breast oncogenesis. These findings provide a mechanistic role for adipocytes and macrophages before carcinogenesis that may be critical for prevention and treatment of obesity-related cancer.
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