Human Mammary Luminal Epithelial Cells Contain Progenitors to Myoepithelial Cells
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The mammary epithelium is composed of a luminal epithelium and a basal layer containing myoepithelial cells
In adult females, the mammary epithelium is organized in two layers, a luminal epithelium and a basal layer, consisting of myoepithelial cells. Undifferentiated precursors of both luminal and myoepithelial cells are also believed to be basally localized. The mammary epithelium bilayer is surrounded by a basement membrane embedded in connective tissue. In the fully differentiated mammary gland, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Biology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0012-1606
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9133