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Title: Developmental biology: cell fate in the mammary gland

Author
item Tong, Qiang
item HOTAMISLIGIL, G - HARVARD SCH PUB HEALTH

Submitted to: Nature
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/20/2007
Publication Date: 2/20/2007
Citation: Tong, Q., Hotamisligil, G.S. 2007. Developmental biology: Cell fate in the mammary gland. Nature. 445(7129):724-726.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Most breast cancers have their origin in the luminal epithelial cells of the mammary gland. Defining how a master regulator controls the development of this cell lineage could provide important hints about why this should be.