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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 29.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 May 29;139(2):391–401. doi: 10.1007/s10549-013-2575-1

Figure 3. Biopsy of mammary tumors leads to a rapid inflammatory response in the lung.

Figure 3

(A) Immunohistochemistry analysis for CD45 in sections of the lung of Biopsy mice 8 days after biopsy showing the presence of CD45 cells within a micrometastasis. 400x magnification. (B) Immunohistochemistry analysis for CD45 in lung sections of Control mice and Biopsy mice 2, 3 or 8 days after biopsy. 200x magnification. (C) Percentage of macrophages and neutrophils in BAL of Control mice and Biopsy mice (n=3) 3 days after biopsy. *, denotes p < 0.05, as determined by student’s t test analysis.