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Charlotta Dabrosin

Professor Emerita

Professor of Oncology.

News

Charlotta Dabrosin in the lab.

Possible biological explanation for increased cancer risk in dense breasts

The risk of developing breast cancer is higher in what are known as dense breasts. Researchers at LiU have now shown that there are major biological differences between dense breasts and nondense breasts.

Publications

Selected publications

Annelie Abrahamsson, Anna Rzepecka, Thobias Romu, Magnus Borga, Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Peter Lundberg, Johan Kihlberg, Charlotta Dabrosin (2016)
Dense breast tissue in postmenopausal women is associated with a pro-inflammatory microenvironment in vivo

Oncoimmunology , Vol.5

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Gabriela Vazquez Rodriguez, Annelie Abrahamsson, Lasse Jensen, Charlotta Dabrosin (2017)
Estradiol promotes breast cancer cell migration via recruitment and activation of neutrophils

Cancer Immunology research , Vol.5 , s.234-247

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Susanne Svensson, Annelie Abrahamsson, Gabriela Vazquez Rodriguez, Anna-Karin Olsson, Lasse Jensen, Yihai Cao, Charlotta Dabrosin (2015)
CCL2 and CCL5 Are Novel Therapeutic Targets for Estrogen-Dependent Breast Cancer

Clinical Cancer Research , Vol.21 , s.3794-3805

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Publications in DiVA

2026

Menikae Kanchena Heenkenda, Xingyue Wang, Wen Zhong, Annelie Abrahamsson, Nina Reustle, Daniel Aili, Peter Lundberg, Tomas Lindahl, Charlotta Dabrosin (2026) Tissue-stiffness-driven platelet activation emerges as a potential target for breast cancer prevention and treatment Cell Communication and Signaling, Vol. 24, Article 429 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12964-026-03138-x

Organisation

Teaser image for the division KOO at BKV.

Division of Surgery, Orthopedics and Oncology (KOO)

We carry out research in the fields of experimental orthopedics, surgery and oncology.

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.