Mammary Stem Cells (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Mammary Stem Cells

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This is a section of a normal mammary gland that has been stained to find the terminal duct zones that are enriched for mammary stem cells (red) and to visualize a Notch signaling pathway (green). Impairing the Notch pathway caused malignant breast cancer cells to revert to a normal phenotype.

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Mark LaBarge

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