Pleiotrophin (PTN) expression and function and in the mouse mammary gland and mammary epithelial cells.

Expression of the heparin-binding growth factor, pleiotrophin (PTN) in the mammary gland has been reported but its function during mammary gland development is not known. We examined the expression of PTN and its receptor ALK (Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase) at various stages of mouse mammary gland deve...

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Main Authors: Sonia M Rosenfield, Emma T Bowden, Shani Cohen-Missner, Krissa A Gibby, Virginie Ory, Ralf T Henke, Anna T Riegel, Anton Wellstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3471873?pdf=render