Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference (한국독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.05a
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- Pages.75-75
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- 2002
COMPARATIVE GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS DURING HUMAN BREAST CARCINOGENESIS USING IN VITRO MODEL
- Kang, Kyung-Sun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
- Published : 2002.05.01
Abstract
Two types of normal human breast epithelial cells (HBECs) have already been established and characterized. Type I HBECs are deficient in gap junctional intercellular communication and are capable of anchorage-independent growth and of expressing luminal epithelial cell markers, a variant estrogen receptor (ER), and stem cell characteristics.(omitted)