title: Organotypic growth and differentiation of human mammary gland in sponge-gel matrix supported histoculture.
abstract: Blocks of breast tissue obtained during radical mastectomies from 23 patients with mammary gland carcinomas were used for cultivation in native-state, gel-supported histocultures. We show that the human mammary gland can be successfully maintained in this system so that normal epithelial breast structures proliferate and undergo differentiation for several weeks and a well-developed system of ducts and lobules is formed. Using antibodies to individual keratins 17 and 8 we have shown for the first time that ducts and alveoles developing in vitro undergo differentiation into the lining epithelium and myoepithelium in the same way as mammary gland epithelium in vivo. Growth of epithelial structures in vitro is also accompanied by the development of continuous basal membrane.
authors.affiliation: Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Baibakov
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Chipisheva
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Guelstein
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Ermilova
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Polevaya
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vasiliev
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Margolis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007633:Keratins