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SUBMITTER: Khan I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10849761 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Imran I Minto Robert E RE Kelley-Patteson Christine C Singh Kanhaiya K Timsina Lava L Suh Lily J LJ Rinne Ethan E Van Natta Bruce W BW Neumann Colby R CR Mohan Ganesh G Lester Mary M VonDerHaar R Jason RJ German Rana R Marino Natascia N Hassanein Aladdin H AH Gordillo Gayle M GM Kaplan Mark H MH Sen Chandan K CK Kadin Marshall E ME Sinha Mithun M
The Journal of clinical investigation 20231130 3
This study investigates a mechanistic link of bacterial biofilm-mediated host-pathogen interaction leading to immunological complications associated with breast implant illness (BII). Over 10 million women worldwide have breast implants. In recent years, women have described a constellation of immunological symptoms believed to be related to their breast implants. We report that periprosthetic breast tissue of participants with symptoms associated with BII had increased abundance of biofilm and ...[more]