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Product Description<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Human mammary epithelial cells (HMEpC) lie within the alveolar lumen of the breast lobules, which together with mammary ducts and adipose tissues, form a complex network in the mammary gland. HMEpC respond to various growth factors and hormonal cues and undergo changes in growth, invasion, and differentiation during pre- and postnatal stage, puberty, and pregnancy [1]<\/sup>. Aberrant levels of hormones and extracellular matrix composition, and other genetic factors have been shown to induce uncontrolled proliferation of HMEpC, resulting in breast cancer development [2, 3]<\/sup>. Therefore, understanding the cellular properties of HMEpC will help identify the disease mechanisms in breast cancer and the new targets for therapeutic development.<\/p>\n

iXCells Biotechnologies offers high quality HMEpC, which are isolated from human breast and cryopreserved at P1, with >0.5 million cells in each vial. HMEpC express cytokeratine-14, -18, and -19. They are negative for HIV-1, HBV, HCV, mycoplasma, bacteria, yeast, and fungi and can further expand for no more than 3 passages in Epithelial Cell Growth Medium (Cat# MD-0041)<\/a> under the conditions suggested by iXCells Biotechnologies.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1:<\/strong> Phase contrast and cytokeratin 14 (C K 14) staining of HMEpC post recovery<\/p>\n

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Product Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tissue<\/strong><\/td>\nHuman <\/span>breast<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Package Size<\/strong><\/td>\n0.5 million cells\/vial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Passage Number<\/strong><\/td>\nP1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shipped<\/strong><\/td>\nCryopreserved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\nLiquid nitrogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Growth Properties<\/strong><\/td>\nAdherent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Media<\/strong><\/td>\nEpithelial Cell Growth Medium (Cat# MD-0041)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

References<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[1]. Topper, Y.J., Freeman, C.S. (1980) Multiple hormone interactions in the developmental biology of the mammary gland. Physiol Rev 60:1049-106.<\/p>\n

[2]. Hennighausen, L., Robinson, G.W. (2001) Signaling pathways in mammary gland development. Dev Cell 1:467-475.<\/p>\n

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