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Social isolation dysregulates endocrine and behavioral stress while increasing malignant burden of spontaneous mammary tumors
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Communicated by Joseph S. Takahashi, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, October 14, 2009 (received for review March 1, 2009)

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- Published in issue December 29, 2009.
- Published first December 11, 2009.
Author Information
- Gretchen L. Hermesa,b,
- Bertha Delgadoa,c,
- Maria Tretiakovaa,c,
- Sonia A. Cavigellia,
- Thomas Krausza,c,
- Suzanne D. Conzena,d and
- Martha K. McClintocka,b,e,1
- aInstitute for Mind and Biology and
- Departments of bComparative Human Development,
- ePsychology,
- cPathology, and
- dMedicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Communicated by Joseph S. Takahashi, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, October 14, 2009 (received for review March 1, 2009)
Footnotes
- 1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mkm1{at}uchicago.edu
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Author contributions: G.L.H., B.D., M.T., S.A.C., T.K., S.D.C., and M.K.M. designed research; G.L.H., B.D., M.T., S.A.C., T.K., and M.K.M. performed research; G.L.H., B.D., M.T., S.A.C., T.K., S.D.C., and M.K.M. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; G.L.H. and M.K.M. analyzed data; and G.L.H. and M.K.M. wrote the paper.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0910753106/DCSupplemental.
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