Article
Phenotypic and functional characterization in vitro of a multipotent epithelial cell present in the normal adult human breast.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Aug 1998
Stingl J, Eaves C J, Kuusk U, Emerman J T
Abstract excerpt
The developmental relationships between the different mammary epithelial cell lineages in the human mammary gland are not well defined. To characterize human breast epithelial cells (HBEC) with progenitor activity, we used flow cytometry and single cell sorting to analyze the distribution of cell...
Topics
- Actins
- Adult
- Biomarkers
- Breast
- Cells, Cultured
- Epithelial Cells
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Hyaluronan Receptors
- Immunohistochemistry
- Keratins
- Mammaplasty
- Neprilysin
- Phenotype
- Stem Cells