Fig. 6

Microscopic evaluation of different breast adipose tissues. Slides from: 1) adipose tissue samples from normal breasts of hATN; 2) adipose tissue samples of tumor breast attached to the tumor of hATT; and 3) adipose tissue sample of tumor breast aproximately 2 cm away from the tumor of hATT. Adipose tissue fragments were cut in paraffin, stained with H&E, and observed under light microscope. Adipocyte size was quantified with Image J software (NIH). Histograms show mean ± SEM of two independent experiments. *p < 0.05 hATT attached to the tumor vs. hATT 2 cm away from the tumor and hATN. Magnification: 100X