title: Overview of Mammary Gland Development: A Comparison of Mouse and Human.
abstract: The mouse mammary gland is widely used as a model for human breast cancer and has greatly added to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in breast cancer development and progression. To fully appreciate the validity and limitations of the mouse model, it is essential to be aware of the similarities and also the differences that exist between the mouse mammary gland and the human breast. This introduction therefore describes the parallels and contrasts in mouse mammary gland and human breast morphogenesis from an early embryonic phase through to puberty, adulthood, pregnancy, parturition, and lactation, and finally the regressive stage of involution.
authors: UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland. mcnallsa@tcd.ie.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: McNally
authors: Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of MVLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
authors: Torsten
authors: T
authors: Stein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000254:growth & development*; D042361:Mammary Glands, Human / Q000254:growth & development*; D038081:Organogenesis / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Breast; Development; Mammary gland; Morphogenesis