Role of Notch signaling in cell-fate determination of human mammary stem/progenitor cells

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Dontu, Gabriela ^a   Jackson, Kyle W ^a   McNicholas, Erin ^a   Kawamura, Mari J ^a   Abdallah, Wissam M ^a   Wicha, Max S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammary gland development; Mammary progenitor cells; Mammary stem cells; Notch

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMARY STEM CELL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 18944375734     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr920     Document Type: Article

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