Evidence for a stem cell hierarchy in the adult human breast

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-101

  Villadsen, René ^a   Fridriksdottir, Agla J ^a   Rønnov Jessen, Lone ^b   Gudjonsson, Thorarinn ^c   Rank, Fritz ^d   LaBarge, Mark A ^e   Bissell, Mina J ^e   Petersen, Ole W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LAMININ;

ARTICLE; BREAST DUCT; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TYPE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STAINING; STEM CELL; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34247117277     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611114     Document Type: Article

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