2019
NHERF1 Is Required for Localization of PMCA2 and Suppression of Early Involution in the Female Lactating Mammary Gland
Jeong J, Kim W, Hens J, Dann P, Schedin P, Friedman PA, Wysolmerski JJ. NHERF1 Is Required for Localization of PMCA2 and Suppression of Early Involution in the Female Lactating Mammary Gland. Endocrinology 2019, 160: 1797-1810. PMID: 31087002, PMCID: PMC6619491, DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00230.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membrane calcium ATPase 2Mammary epithelial cellsSpecialized plasma membrane domainsMammary epithelial cell deathLuminal epithelial cellsCell deathPremature mammary gland involutionBreast cancer cellsApical-basal polarityEpithelial cellsPlasma membrane domainsApical membraneSecretory luminal epithelial cellsExchanger regulatory factor 1Cell death pathwaysNHERF1 expressionMammary gland involutionCancer cellsRegulatory factor 1Sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor-1Lactating Mammary GlandNormal mammary epithelial cellsMembrane localizationEpithelial cell deathMembrane domains
2012
The role and function of cadherins in the mammary gland
Andrews JL, Kim AC, Hens JR. The role and function of cadherins in the mammary gland. Breast Cancer Research 2012, 14: 203. PMID: 22315958, PMCID: PMC3496113, DOI: 10.1186/bcr3065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMesenchymal-epithelial transitionEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionFunction of cadherinsMammary glandMechanism of regulationCell-cell contactPartial epithelial-mesenchymal transitionMetastatic cancer cellsLarge superfamilyNormal physiological conditionsTransmembrane receptorsCell motilityHeterophilic interactionsCadherinCadherin expressionCancer cellsMesenchymal markersPhysiological conditionsEpithelial cellsCurrent understandingRegulationMotilityDifferent organ systemsExpressionProliferation