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Genome-wide transcriptomic profiling of microdissected human breast tissue reveals differential expression of KIT (c-Kit, CD117) and oestrogen receptor-α (ERα) in response to therapeutic radiation

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Aberrant luminal progenitors as the candidate target population for basal tumor development in BRCA1 mutation carriers

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Transcriptome analysis of mammary epithelial subpopulations identifies novel determinants of lineage commitment and cell fate

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Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells by the Steel Factor/KIT Signaling Pathway

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Mapping mammary gland architecture using multi-scale in situ analysis

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Gab2 Is Involved in Differential Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Signaling by Two Splice Forms of c-Kit

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β1 Integrin deletion from the basal compartment of the mammary epithelium affects stem cells

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