Gao, Pin
Wang, Xiang
Jin, Ying
Hu, Wenquan
Duan, Yajun
Shi, Aiping
Du, Ye
Song, Dong
Yang, Ming
Li, Sijie
Han, Bing
Zhao, Gang
Zhang, Hongquan
Fan, Zhimin
Miao, Qing Robert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3125-1238
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL108938)
Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showhouse
American Cancer Society (86-004-26)
Kathy Duffey Fogarty Award for breast cancer research
State of Wisconsin Tax Check-off program for breast & prostate cancer research
We Care Fund
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute Pilot Innovative Research Grant
Rock River Research Foundation
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81041098)
Bethune Program B of Jilin University (2012217)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81472734, 81730071)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01DK112971)
Article History
Received: 15 December 2017
Accepted: 19 July 2018
First Online: 12 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients signed a consent form allowing the study of their biological samples used in this study. The breast tissue specimens are anonymous. The study was approved by the ethical committee of the First Hospital of Jilin University (2017–346).
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