Morphogenesis in mammary gland cell cultures. Occurrence of tubular structures in combined cultures of fibroblastic and normal epithelial cells.
In cultures with a dense confluent layer of fibroblasts mixed with a small population of normal mouse mammary epithelial cells, the latter form tubular structures that can be stimulated to secretion by hormones.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D009024:Morphogenesis