Erin, Nuray http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6116-1970
Funding for this research was provided by:
TÜBİTAK (115S943, 104S492)
Article History
Received: 3 July 2019
Accepted: 26 December 2019
First Online: 7 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The author declares that she has no conflict of interest.
: All animal experimentation was performed following the guidelines of an accredited animal care committee of Akdeniz University. Ethical approval from the Akdeniz University Ethics Committee was given to Nuray Erin (Protocol No. 70904504). All protocols described in Figs. InternalRef removedandInternalRef removedwere approved and performed under the supervision of the Akdeniz University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.
: Wild-type (WT) female BALB/c mice were purchased from Kobay Research Animal Laboratory, Ankara Turkey.
: 4T1 cells were a gift from Dr. Danny Welch who was a faculty member of the Gittlen Cancer Center, Hershey Medical School, Hershey PA in 2001. The 4TBM cell line, established by Nuray Erin, was derived from brain metastasis of the 4T1 cells. The 4TBM cell line, kept in liquid nitrogen, forms primary tumors when injected into the mammary pad of BALB/c mice even after 50 passages.