Robert Whitfield MD explains how oleic acid in breast tissue oxidizes around implants to form a byproduct called AS10 home, which triggers bacterial biofilm growth and immune responses.
Yeah. So the fatty acid breast is rich in fat and the fatty acid that we have searched, researched over here is called a particular type. There are different types of fatty acids present in the body here. We call it, say for example, fatty acid X. And that fatty acid X is oleic acid. Now what happens when you put an implant in the breast tissue that creates an oxidative environment and things can get oxidized at that point of time? And that's what exactly happens to this particular fatty acids, which is called as the oleic acid. It forms into another compound or a product, a byproduct, which is called 10 Home. And formation of this product is linked with a particular type of bacterial colonization called as the bacterial biofilm. So I will come to that later, but just for the sake of convenience, the host that is your body, the body fat and the biofilm they interact with and converts this oleic acid to a byproduct called AS10 home, which is immunogenic.
