Postnatal mammary gland development is mediated by
lineage-restricted stem cells.
* Development and manipulation of
lineage-restricted progenitors is less elaborate.
Citation: "Induction of Multipotential Hematopoietic Progenitors from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells via Respecification of
Lineage-Restricted Precursors"; Sergei Doulatov et al.; Cell Stem Cell, Volume 13, Issue 4, 459-470, 3 October 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.09.002
In a study conducted at the Universite libre de Bruxelles, researchers identified a novel
lineage-restricted stem cell in the mammary gland.
Citation: Yuval Rinkevich et al.; "In Vivo Clonal Analysis Reveals
Lineage-Restricted Progenitor Characteristics in Mammalian Kidney Development, Maintenance, and Regeneration": Cell Reports, 2014; 7 (4): 1270 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.04.018