The Immunology of Breast Development

Mark A Travis; Charles H Streuli

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.015

The Immunology of Breast Development

Dev Cell. 2015 Sep 14;34(5):487-8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.015.

Authors

Mark A Travis¹, Charles H Streuli²

Affiliations

¹ Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, and Manchester Immunology Group, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK.
² Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Electronic address: cstreuli@manchester.ac.uk.

PMID: 26374761
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.015

Abstract

The immune system is not normally viewed as a regulator of breast development. However, in this issue of Developmental Cell, Plaks et al. (2015) reveal that antigen-presenting cells and T cells have a key role in controlling the development of the mammary gland's epithelial ductal network.

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MeSH terms

Adaptive Immunity / immunology*
Animals
Antigen-Presenting Cells / immunology*
Breast / immunology*
Epithelial Cells / cytology*
Epithelium / metabolism*
Female
Humans
Organogenesis / immunology*

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