Establishing a framework for the functional mammary gland: From endocrinology to morphology

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-38

  Hovey, Russell C ^a   Trott, Josephine F ^a   Vonderhaar, Barbara K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ductal; Epithelial stromal; Growth factors; Hormones; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BOVIDS; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MILK PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREPUBERTY; REVIEW; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROMA CELL; ANIMAL; BREAST; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BREAST; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 0036369222     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015766322258     Document Type: Review

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