ZnT4 (SLC30A4)-null (“lethal milk”) mice have defects in mammary gland secretion and hallmarks of precocious involution during lactation

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2016, Pages R33-R40

  McCormick, Nicholas H ^b   Lee, Sooyeon ^a   Hennigar, Stephen R ^b   Kelleher, Shannon L ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation; Mammary gland; SLC30A4; Zinc; ZnT4

Indexed keywords

ADIPOPHILIN; BETA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 8; PROTEIN KINASE B; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; ZINC ION; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZNT4 PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; SLC30A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST EPITHELIUM CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND DEFECT; MILK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTOR; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84956965658     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00315.2014     Document Type: Article

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