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Loss of SFRP1 promotes ductal branching in the murine mammary gland.
BMC developmental biology - 28 Aug 2012
Gauger Kelly J, Shimono Akihiko, Crisi Giovanna M, Schneider Sallie Smith
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Secreted frizzled-related proteins (SFRPs) are a family of proteins that block the Wnt signaling pathway and loss of SFRP1 expression is found in breast cancer along with a multitude of other human cancers. Activated Wnt signaling leads to inappropriate mammary gland development and mammary tumorigenesis in mice. When SFRP1 is knocked down in immortalized non-malignant mammary epithelial cells, the...
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