title: Cellular foundations of mammary tubulogenesis.
abstract: The mammary gland is composed of a highly branched network of epithelial tubes, embedded within a complex stroma. The mammary epithelium originates during embryonic development from an epidermal placode. However, the majority of ductal elongation and bifurcation occurs postnatally, in response to steroid hormone and growth factor receptor signaling. The process of pubertal branching morphogenesis involves both elongation of the primary ducts across the length of the fat pad and a wave of secondary branching that elaborates the ductal network. Recent studies have revealed that mammary epithelial morphogenesis is accomplished by transitions between simple and stratified organization. During active morphogenesis, the epithelium is stratified, highly proliferative, has few intercellular junctions, and exhibits incomplete apico-basal polarity. In this review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of the relationship between epithelial architecture, epithelial polarity, and ductal elongation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Huebner
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Center for Cell Dynamics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 855N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: aewald2@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ewald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development*; D009024:Morphogenesis
keywords: Apico-basal polarity; Branching morphogenesis; Breast cancer; Collective cell migration; Mammary gland; Tubulogenesis
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