Sentences with phrase «ductal structures»

When BPTF is knocked out in mouse mammary stem cells early in pregnancy, however, there is a drastic decline in the number ductal structures (right side).

Secretion of the hormones estrogen and progesterone set the stage for dramatic changes that take place in the breast during pregnancy: a massive proliferation of mammary epithelial cells, and the formation of thousands of ductal structures, which support milk production and transport during lactation.

This interaction causes the myoepithelial cells — on the outer layer of the ductal structure — to contract, squeezing the luminal cells within.

Not exact matches

«The invasive structures we observed in our stiff matrices resemble the morphology of early - stage invasive ductal carcinoma.