A role for microRNAs in maintenance of mouse mammary epithelial progenitor cells

作者:Ibarra Ingrid; Erlich Yaniv; Muthuswamy Senthil K; Sachidanandam Ravi; Hannon Gregory J*
来源:Genes & Development, 2007, 21(24): 3238-3243.
DOI:10.1101/gad.1616307

摘要

microRNA (miRNA) expression profiles are often characteristic of specific cell types. The mouse mammary epithelial cell line, Comma-D beta, contains a population of self-renewing progenitor cells that can reconstitute the mammary gland. We purified this population and determined its miRNA signature. Several microRNAs, including miR-205 and miR-22, are highly expressed in mammary progenitor cells, while others, including let-7 and miR-93, are depleted. Let-7 sensors can be used to prospectively enrich self-renewing populations, and enforced let-7 expression induces loss of self-renewing cells from mixed cultures.

  • 出版日期2007-12-15