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Mouse Mammary Epithelial Cells form Mammospheres During Lactogenic Differentiation
Published on: October 6, 2009
[Morphological characteristics of mucinous cancer of the breast containing endocrine cells]
Abstract:
It was established that mucus-forming mammary gland carcinoma containing endocrine cells may have a structure of an ordinary colloid mammary gland carcinoma or carcinoid carcinoma with mucus formation. The presence of amyloid in the stroma of colloid carcinoma containing endocrine cells may serve as an additional sign of the endocrine cell differentiation. Simultaneous observation in the tumour cells of both mucous inclusions and endocrine granules may be regarded as a proof of an origin of epithelial and endocrine cells of the mammary gland from a pluripotent stem cell.
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