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Impaired mammary gland development in Cyl-1(-/-) mice during pregnancy and lactation is epithelial cell autonomous.
Developmental biology - 1 Aug 1999
Fantl V, Edwards P A, Steel J H, Vonderhaar B K, Dickson C
Abstract excerpt
A specific defect of mice lacking cyclin D1 (Cyl-1(-/-)) is impaired development of the mammary gland during pregnancy. Here we show that when tissue from Cyl-1(-/-) mammary gland was transplanted into empty mammary fat pad of wild-type mice, the abnormal phenotype was maintained, indicating that it is epithelial cell autonomous. Nevertheless, in pregnancy the early proliferative response, which is characterized...
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