Week 11 Scientific Literature: Changes to ECM in Breast Cancer Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions

Cancerous tumors of breast tissue typically have _____ collagen present in the ECM compared to healthy tissue - more. Cancerous tumors of breast tissue produce ECMs that are _____ compared to healthy ECM. - stiffer. Based on trichrome staining, which tissue contained the most collagen? - IDC tumors. Picrosirius red stain revealed that tumor tissue had ECM with _____ collagen fibers. - thicker. High birefringence is correlated with _____ collagen fibers. - aligned. H&E - Stains collagen pink. Trichrome (Masson) - Stains collagen blue. Picrosirius Red - Stains collagen red. Which tissue sequence represents the order demonstrating an increase in observed ECM stiffness? - Adjacent normal ---> Non-invasive areas ---> invasive IDC areas. According to Fig. 2, expression of which molecule (as measured by fluorescence per cell) did NOT have a significant difference between DCIS tissue and IDC tissue. - FAK.