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The unmasking of novel unipotent stem cells in the mammary gland
Author(s) -
Visvader Jane E,
Lindeman Geoffrey J
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1038/emboj.2011.415
Subject(s) - publishing , library science , sociology , management , law , political science , economics , computer science
Employing genetic lineage‐tracing studies reveal the existence of novel, unipotent stem cells that serve the normal homeostasis of postnatal mammary epithelium. These findings add surprising complexity to the established stem cell hierarchy in the mammary epithelium.