Getting to the root of BRCA1-deficient breast cancer.

Cell stem cell ·Vol. 5 ·No. 3 ·2009-11-04

Ginestier Christophe, Liu Suling, Wicha Max S

Abstract

Loss of BRCA1 has been shown to expand breast stem cells. In Nature Medicine, Lim et al. (2009) demonstrate that breast tissue from BRCA1 mutation carriers contains expanded luminal progenitor cells, suggesting a broader role for BRCA1 in mammary development.

Article Info

Journal

Cell stem cell

Abbr.

Cell Stem Cell

ISSN

1875-9777

DOI

10.1016/j.stem.2009.08.007

Published

2009-11-04

Indexed

2009-09-07

Updated

2016-05-18

Language

English

Country/Region

United States

NLM ID

101311472

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2009.08.007 View journal details

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