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Preprint alert! Excited to share our new manuscript from @CornellBME @GarrettBeeghly examining how the size of fat cells, or adipocytes, impacts breast cancer risk. We found that larger adipocytes promote aggressive behavior in tumor cells. 1/5 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
www.biorxiv.org Hypertrophic adipocytes increase extracellular vesicle-mediated lipid release and reprogram breast... Obesity worsens cancer-specific survival and all-cause mortality for women diagnosed with breast cancer. Rich in adipose tissue, the breast exhibits increased adipocyte size in obesity, which... 
