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    Ovarian steroids and the human breast: regulation of stem cells and cell proliferation.

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    Authors
    Clarke, Robert B
    Affiliation
    Breast Biology Group, CR-UK Department of Medical Oncology, University of Manchester, Christie Hospital, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK. rclarke@picr.man.ac.uk
    Issue Date
    2006-07-20
    
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    Abstract
    Ovarian steroidal control of mammary gland proliferation and differentiation is not well defined in the human. We therefore developed the athymic nude mouse model in which intact normal human breast tissue is xenografted subcutaneously and treated with human physiological serum levels of oestrogen (E) and/or progesterone (P). We showed that: (i) E, and not P, is the major steroid hormone inducing proliferation of epithelial cells in the adult non-pregnant, non-lactating breast; (ii) E induces progesterone receptor (PR) expression; and (iii) PR expression is maximally induced at low E concentrations while a higher amount of E was required to induce proliferation. Using double label immuno-fluorescence, we demonstrated that cells expressing the oestrogen receptor-alpha (ER alpha) invariably contained the PR but that steroid receptor expression and cell proliferation (Ki67 antigen) were dissociated. Recently, we have demonstrated that some ER alpha/PR-positive epithelial cells are quiescent breast stem cells suggesting that they act as "steroid hormone sensors" that secrete paracrine factors to regulate the proliferative activity of adjacent ER alpha/PR-negative epithelial cells. The dissociation between steroid receptor expression and cell proliferation in normal epithelium was lost at an early stage in ER alpha/PR-positive breast tumour formation perhaps indicating that they arise from deregulation of the normally quiescent breast stem cells.
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    Ovarian steroids and the human breast: regulation of stem cells and cell proliferation. 2006, 54 (4):327-34 Maturitas
    Journal
    Maturitas
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/72733
    DOI
    10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.06.002
    PubMed ID
    16806749
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0378-5122
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.06.002
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