SnapShot: Branching Morphogenesis

Cheng-Ming Chuong; Ramray Bhat; Randall B Widelitz; Mina J Bissell

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.019

SnapShot: Branching Morphogenesis

Cell. 2014 Aug 28;158(5):1212-1212.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.08.019.

Authors

Cheng-Ming Chuong¹, Ramray Bhat², Randall B Widelitz³, Mina J Bissell²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; Center of Wound Repair and Regeneration, Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.

Abstract

Ectodermal appendages such as feathers, hair, mammary glands, salivary glands, and sweat glands form branches, allowing much-increased surface for functional differentiation and secretion. Here, the principles of branching morphogenesis are exemplified by the mammary gland and feathers.

MeSH terms

Animals
Birds / growth & development
Birds / metabolism
Feathers / cytology
Feathers / growth & development*
Female
Humans
Male
Mammals / growth & development
Mammals / metabolism
Mammary Glands, Animal / cytology
Mammary Glands, Animal / growth & development
Mammary Glands, Human / cytology
Mammary Glands, Human / growth & development*
Morphogenesis*
Signal Transduction*

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding