›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (11): 110-114.

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Study Progress of Mammary Stem Cells in Animal

SONG Jia-zhe1, LI Ning2, XUE Kai1   

  1. 1. College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China;
    2. College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
  • Revised:2013-08-02 Online:2013-11-20 Published:2013-12-19

Abstract: Mammary stem cells (MaSCs) possess the ability to generate all differentiated cell types in the mammary gland.During the process of mammary development,MaSCs are critical for the growth and reconstruction of mammary tissue in puberty,pregnancy stage,lactation and lactation recession stage.The MaSCs under in vitro culture are ideal experimental model for studying the proliferation,differentiation,survival and apoptosis of mammary cells,and potential approach for producing mammary gland bioreactor.Therefore,the researches about MaSCs are of great importance to the understanding of mammary development,therapy of mammary cancer and agricultural production.This paper will give a systematic review for the localization,purification and in vitro culture of MaSCs,and show prospects of the researches and applications about MaSCs.

Key words: mammary stem cell; localization; purification; mammosphere; mammary gland bioreactor

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