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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2021

The molecular basis of mammary gland development and epithelial differentiation.

Priscila Ferreira Slepicka, Amritha Varshini Hanasoge Somasundara, Camila O Dos Santos

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Priscila Ferreira SlepickaStem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Amritha Varshini Hanasoge SomasundaraCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, CSHL School of Biological Sciences, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Camila O Dos SantosCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Electronic address: dossanto@cshl.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Single-Cell Biology Shared ResourceP30CA045508 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI David A Tuveson · 1987 to 2026
$118.9M
Probing the role of epigenomics in Brca1-deficient mammary tumors.R01CA248158 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI DOS SANTOS, CAMILA · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA045508NCI NIH HHS R01 CA248158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of the molecular events underpinning the development of mammalian organ systems has been increasing rapidly in recent years. With the advent of new and improved next-generation sequencing methods, we are now able to dig deeper than ever before into the genomic and epigenomic events that play critical roles in determining the fates of stem and progenitor cells during the development of an embryo into an adult. In this review, we detail and discuss the genes and pathways that are involved in mammary gland development, from embryogenesis, through maturation into an adult gland, to the role of pregnancy signals in directing the terminal maturation of the mammary gland into a milk producing organ that can nurture the offspring. We also provide an overview of the latest research in the single-cell genomics of mammary gland development, which may help us to understand the lineage commitment of mammary stem cells (MaSCs) into luminal or basal epithelial cells that constitute the mammary gland. Finally, we summarize the use of 3D organoid cultures as a model system to study the molecular events during mammary gland development. Our increased investigation of the molecular requirements for normal mammary gland development will advance the discovery of targets to predict breast cancer risk and the development of new breast cancer therapies.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationEpithelial CellsFemaleHumansMammary Glands, AnimalMammary Glands, HumanCell heterogeneityGene expressionMammary developmentTranscription regulation

Identifiers

PMID33082117
PMCPMC8052380
OpenAlexW3093243546

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