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01.12.2002 | Commentary
Prolactin signaling and Stat5: going their own separate ways?
verfasst von:
Cathrin Brisken, Ayyakkannu Ayyanan, Wolfgang Doppler
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Ausgabe 6/2002
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Abstract
Miyoshi et al. compared the role of the prolactin receptor (PrlR) and its downstream mediator, the signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (Stat5), in mammary epithelial cells in vivo by studying PrlR-/- and Stat5ab-/- mouse mammary epithelial transplants during pregnancy. At first glance, the two mutant epithelia appear to have similar defects in the differentiation of the alveolar epithelium. However, a closer examination by Miyoshi et al. revealed defects in the epithelial architecture of the smallest ducts of Stat5ab-/- transplants not apparent in the PrlR-/- transplants, suggesting that Stat5 is more than a simple mediator of PrlR action.