Form and Function: how Estrogen and Progesterone Regulate the Mammary Epithelial Hierarchy

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 9-25

  Arendt, Lisa M ^a,b,c,d   Kuperwasser, Charlotte ^a,b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for the Convergence of Biomedical Physical and Engineering Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Estrogen; Mammary epithelial cells; Progenitor cells; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST EPITHELIUM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UDDER;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84943349671     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: 15737039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-015-9337-0     Document Type: Review

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