ERrrr...Where are the progenitors? Hormone receptors and mammary cell heterogeneity

Tornillo, Giusy and Smalley, Matthew John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9540-1146 2015. ERrrr...Where are the progenitors? Hormone receptors and mammary cell heterogeneity. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia 20 (1) , pp. 63-73. 10.1007/s10911-015-9336-1

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Abstract

The mammary epithelium is a highly heterogenous and dynamic tissue that includes a range of cell types with varying levels of proliferative capacity and differentiation potential, from stem to committed progenitor and mature cells. Generation of mature cells through expansion and specification of immature precursors is driven by hormonal and local stimuli. Intriguingly, although circulating hormones can be directly sensed only by a subset of mammary cells, they also regulate the behaviour of cells lacking their cognate receptors through paracrine mechanisms. Thus, mapping the hormonal signalling network on to the emerging mammary cell hierarchy appears to be a difficult task. Nevertheless, a first step towards a better understanding is the characterization of the hormone receptor expression pattern across individual cell types in the mammary epithelium. Here we review the most relevant findings on the cellular distribution of hormone receptors in the mammary gland, taking into account differences between mice and humans, the methods employed to assess receptor expression as well as the variety of approaches used to resolve the mammary cell heterogeneity.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI)
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	1083-3021
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2023 08:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/75198

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