Lineage Tracing of Mammary Stem and Progenitor Cells

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Authors
Publication date 2017
Host editors
  • F. Martin
  • T. Stein
  • J. Howlin
Book title Mammary Gland Development
Book subtitle Methods and Protocols
ISBN
  • 9781493964734
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781493964758
Series Methods in Molecular Biology
Pages (from-to) 291-308
Publisher New York: Humana Press
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)
Abstract Lineage tracing analysis allows mammary epithelial cells to be tracked in their natural environment, thereby revealing cell fate and proliferation choices in the intact tissue. This technique is particularly informative for studying how stem cells build and maintain the mammary epithelium during development and pregnancy. Here we describe two experimental systems based on Cre/loxP technology (Cre(ERT2)/loxP and rtTA/tetO-Cre/loxP), which allow the inducible, permanent labeling of mammary epithelial cells following the administration of either tamoxifen or doxycycline.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6475-8_15
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