2005
Key stages of mammary gland development: Molecular mechanisms involved in the formation of the embryonic mammary gland
Hens JR, Wysolmerski JJ. Key stages of mammary gland development: Molecular mechanisms involved in the formation of the embryonic mammary gland. Breast Cancer Research 2005, 7: 220. PMID: 16168142, PMCID: PMC1242158, DOI: 10.1186/bcr1306.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMammary gland developmentEmbryonic mammary glandGland developmentMolecular mechanismsEmbryonic mammary gland developmentMammary glandProtein signalingMore genesFibroblast growth factorSignaling pathwaysFunctional roleGrowth factorWntGenesKey stagesSignalingMesenchymePathwayMechanismGlandEpidermisDevelopment
2001
Parathyroid hormone-related protein maintains mammary epithelial fate and triggers nipple skin differentiation during embryonic breast development
Foley J, Dann P, Hong J, Cosgrove J, Dreyer B, Rimm D, Dunbar M, Philbrick W, Wysolmerski J. Parathyroid hormone-related protein maintains mammary epithelial fate and triggers nipple skin differentiation during embryonic breast development. Development 2001, 128: 513-525. PMID: 11171335, DOI: 10.1242/dev.128.4.513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBeta CateninCell DifferentiationCell LineageCytoskeletal ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsEpidermal CellsEpidermisEpithelial CellsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHistocytochemistryLymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1Mammary Glands, AnimalMiceMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicModels, BiologicalNipplesParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinProteinsReceptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1Receptors, Parathyroid HormoneSignal TransductionTrans-ActivatorsTranscription FactorsTransgenesConceptsPTH/PTHrP receptorCell fateHormone-related proteinMammary epithelial cell fateMammary mesenchymeCell fate decisionsEpithelial cell fatePTHrP receptorEmbryonic mammary glandMesenchymal cellsType I PTH/PTHrP receptorEmbryonic mammary developmentMammary epithelial cellsParathyroid hormone-related proteinEpithelial cellsEpithelial fateEpidermal fateFate decisionsEpithelial morphogenesisAbsence of PTHrPMesenchymal expressionVentral epidermisProper developmentSkin differentiationCombination of loss