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Abnormal mammary gland development and growth retardation in female mice and MCF7 breast cancer cells lacking androgen receptor.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 15 Dec 2003
Yeh Shuyuan, Hu Yueh-Chiang, Wang Peng-Hui, Xie Chao, Xu Qingquan, Tsai Meng-Yin, Dong Zhihong, Wang Ruey-Sheng, Lee Ting-Hein, Chang Chawnshang
Abstract excerpt
Phenotype analysis of female mice lacking androgen receptor (AR) deficient (AR-/-) indicates that the development of mammary glands is retarded with reduced ductal branching in the prepubertal stages, and fewer Cap cells in the terminal end buds, as well as decreased lobuloalveolar development in adult females, and fewer milk-producing alveoli in the lactating glands. The defective development of AR-/- mammary...
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