mammopoiesis

mammopoiesis

English

Etymology

mammo- +‎ -poiesis

Noun

mammopoiesis (uncountable)

1. The process by which mammary stem cells are produced
   • 2015 June 18, Bhupinder Pal et al., “Integration of microRNA signatures of distinct mammary epithelial cell types with their gene expression and epigenetic portraits”, in Breast Cancer Research : BCR‎, volume 17, DOI:10.1186/s13058-015-0585-0:

     MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in governing lineage specification and differentiation in multiple organs; however, little is known about their specific roles in mammopoiesis.