Vol 55(7-8-9) | The International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volume 55 > Issue 7-8-9 (Special Issue)

Mammary Gland in Development & Cancer

Edited by: Marc Bracke and Olivier De Wever

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Preface

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Developmental and cancer research on the mammary gland nowadays

Marc Bracke and Olivier De Wever

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 667-669

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113421mb

Introductory Papers

Ecosystems of invasion and metastasis in mammary morphogenesis and cancer

Marc Mareel and Susana Constantino

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 671-684

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113386mm

The epidermal growth factor receptor/Erb-B/HER family in normal and malignant breast biology

Suzanne A. Eccles

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 685-696

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113396se

From the laboratory to the patient and back - an interview with Marc Mareel

Marc E. Bracke

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 697-702

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113422mb

Four decades of discovery in breast cancer research and treatment – an interview with V. Craig Jordan

Marc Poirot

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 703-712

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113418mp

Signaling networks in cancer - an interview with Christian Gespach

Olivier De Wever

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 713-718

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113381ow

Mammary gland development

Mammary gland stem cells: current status and future challenges

Agla J.R. Fridriksdottir, Ole W. Petersen and Lone Rønnov-Jessen

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 719-729

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113373af

c-Jun N-terminal kinase activity supports multiple phases of 3D-mammary epithelial acinus formation

Sara McNally, Emmett McArdle, Emer Gilligan, Silvia Napoletano, Malgorzata Gajewska, Orla Bergin, Sarah McCarthy, Jacqueline Whyte, Alessandro Bianchi, Julianne Stack and Finian Martin

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 731-744

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113374sm

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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs target the pro-tumorigenic extracellular matrix of the postpartum mammary gland

Jenean O’Brien, Kirk Hansen, Dalit Barkan, Jeffrey Green and Pepper Schedin

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 745-755

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113379jo

Remodeling mechanisms of the mammary gland during involution

Christine J. Watson and Peter A. Kreuzaler

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 757-762

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113414cw

The mammary myoepithelial cell

Mejdi Moumen, Aurélie Chiche, Stéphanie Cagnet, Valérie Petit, Karine Raymond, Marisa M. Faraldo, Marie-Ange Deugnier and Marina A. Glukhova

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 763-771

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113385mm

Connexins: a junctional crossroad to breast cancer

Jamal A. El-Saghir, Elia T. El-Habre, Marwan E. El-Sabban and Rabih S. Talhouk^,2

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 773-780

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113372je

Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and mammary gland development

Angara Sureshbabu, Elizabeth Tonner and David J. Flint

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 781-789

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113364as

The mammary cancer phenotype

Canine mammary tumors contain cancer stem-like cells and form spheroids with an embryonic stem cell signature

Maria Ferletta, Jan Grawé and Eva Hellmén

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 791-799

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113363mf

Proteome changes induced by overexpression of the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75^NTR) in breast cancer cells

Jean-Philippe Wilmet, Christophe Tastet, Emilie Desruelles, Nathalie Ziental-Gelus, Vincent Blanckaert, Hubert Hondermarck and Xuefen Le Bourhis

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 801-809

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113345jw

Cell adhesion and motility in mammary cancer

P-cadherin role in normal breast development and cancer

André Albergaria, Ana-Sofia Ribeiro, André-Filipe Vieira, Bárbara Sousa, Ana-Rita Nobre, Raquel Seruca, Fernando Schmitt and Joana Paredes

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 811-822

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113382aa

Sialylation regulates galectin-3/ligand interplay during mammary tumour progression - a case of targeted uncloaking

Joana-Tavares de Oliveira, Augusto-José de Matos, Ana L. Santos, Rita Pinto, Joana Gomes, Venceslau Hespanhol, Roger Chammas, Aki Manninen, Emerson S. Bernardes, Celso Albuquerque Reis, Gerard Rutteman and Fátima Gärtner

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 823-834

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113359jt

The role of non-muscle myosin IIA in aggregation and invasion of human MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Lara Derycke, Christophe Stove, Anne-Sophie Vercoutter-Edouart, Olivier De Wever, Laurent Dollé, Nathalie Colpaert, Herman Depypere, Jean-Claude Michalski and Marc Bracke^,1

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 835-840

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113336ld

Paracrine and endocrine regulation of mammary cancer

Role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in breast cancer development and prognosis

Abdelilah Aboussekhra

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 841-849

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113362aa

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Adipocyte is a non-trivial, dynamic partner of breast cancer cells

Jinxiang Tan, Emilie Buache, Marie-Pierre Chenard, Nassim Dali-Youcef, Marie-Christine Rio

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 851-859

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113365jt

Tumor-associated macrophages in breast cancer: distinct subsets, distinct functions

Damya Laoui, Kiavash Movahedi, Eva Van Overmeire, Jan Van den Bossche, Elio Schouppe, Camille Mommer, Alexandros Nikolaou, Yannick Morias, Patrick De Baetselier and Jo A. Van Ginderachter

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 861-867

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113371dl

Recent insights into the effect of natural and environmental estrogens on mammary development and carcinogenesis

Vassiliki Pelekanou and Guy Leclercq

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 869-878

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113369vp

Mammary cancer metastasis

Exosome signaling in mammary gland development and cancer

An Hendrix and Alistair N. Hume

Int. J. Dev. Biol. (2011) 55: 879-887

https://doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.113391ah

The tumor macroenvironment and systemic regulation of breast cancer progression