SCA-1 Labels a Subset of Estrogen-Responsive Bipotential Repopulating Cells within the CD24+ CD49fhi Mammary Stem Cell-Enriched Compartment
Estrogen stimulates breast development during puberty and mammary tumors in adulthood through estrogen receptor-α (ERα). These effects are proposed to occur via ERα+ luminal cells and not the mammary stem cells (MaSCs) that are ERαneg. Since ERα+ luminal cells express stem cell antigen-1 (SCA-1), we...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-02-01
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Series: | Stem Cell Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671116303125 |