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SUBMITTER: Chan AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914981 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Alfred A AA Bashir Mina M Rivas Magali N MN Duvall Karen K Sieling Peter A PA Pieber Thomas R TR Vaishampayan Parag A PA Love Susan M SM Lee Delphine J DJ
Scientific reports 20160621
The microbiome impacts human health and disease. Until recently, human breast tissue and milk were presumed to be sterile. Here, we investigated the presence of microbes in the nipple aspirate fluid (NAF) and their potential association with breast cancer. We compared the NAF microbiome between women with a history of breast cancer (BC) and healthy control women (HC) using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The NAF microbiome from BC and HC showed significant differences in community composition ...[more]