Lgr5 is a marker for fetal mammary stem cells, but is not essential for stem cell activity or tumorigenesis

Stem cells: protein not needed for stem cell activity in mammary gland A protein considered necessary for mammary stem cell activity turns out to be dispensable. What’s more, it’s not required for tumor development either. Geoffrey Wahl, Christy Trejo, and colleagues from the Salk Institute for Biol...

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Main Authors: Christy L. Trejo, Gidsela Luna, Christopher Dravis, Benjamin T. Spike, Geoffrey M. Wahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-04-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-017-0018-6