Determining mammosphere-forming potential: Application of the limiting dilution analysis

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-123

  Rota, Lauren M ^a   Lazzarino, Deborah A ^a   Ziegler, Amber N ^a   LeRoith, Derek ^b   Wood, Teresa L ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer stem cell; Mammary; Mammosphere; Progenitor cell; Stem cell; Tumor initiating cell; Tumorsphere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; DILUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMITING DILUTION ANALYSIS; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOSPHERE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 84865776096     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: 15737039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-012-9258-0     Document Type: Article

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