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Abstract
This review gives detailed technical protocols for dissection of embryonic mammary rudiments and preparation of tissue recombinants composed of embryonic mouse mammary mesenchyme and epithelium. This experimental protocol was used in several seminal experiments that have greatly increased our understanding of embryonic mammary gland development, including the finding that mammary mesenchyme induces and specifies mammary epithelial identity. Analysis of mesenchymal-epithelial interactions has facilitated identification of molecular mediators of cell-cell interactions, in particular the tissue-specific roles of genes expressed in mesenchyme and epithelium during embryonic development.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23686553 DOI: 10.1007/s10911-013-9295-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia ISSN: 1083-3021 Impact factor: 2.673