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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
The development of the mouse mammary gland was studied immunohistochemically using monoclonal antibodies against cell surface and basement membrane proteins and a polyclonal antibody against keratin. We have identified three basic cell types: basal, myoepithelial, and epithelial cells. The epithelial cells can be subdivided into three immunologically related cell types: luminal type I, luminal type II, and alveolar cells. These five cell types appear at different stages of mammary gland development and have either acquired or lost one of the antibody-defined antigens. The cytoplasmic distribution of several of these antigens varied according to the location of the cells within the mammary gland. Epithelial cells which did not line the lumen expressed antigens throughout the cytoplasm. These antigens were demonstrated on the apical site in situations where the cells lined the lumen. One antigen became increasingly basolateral as the cells became attached to the basement membrane. The basal cells synthesize laminin and deposit it at the cell base. They are present in endbuds and ducts and are probably the stem cells of the mammary gland. Transitional forms have been demonstrated which developmentally link these cells with both myoepithelial and (luminal) epithelial cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-1554
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1037-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of mouse mammary gland: identification of stages in differentiation of luminal and myoepithelial cells using monoclonal antibodies and polyvalent antiserum against keratin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't