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Transplantability of Mammary Gland in Brown Fat Pads of Mice

Nature volume 213, pages 194–195 (1967)Cite this article

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THE importance of white adipose tissue as a stroma for the growth of transplanted mammary glands has been reported1–4. It has also been reported that interscapular brown fat tissues, which had been transplanted into mammary white fat pads in mice, sometimes survived and retained the characteristics of brown fat on transplantation and the mammary glands of the host could grow into them5.

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HOSHINO, K. Transplantability of Mammary Gland in Brown Fat Pads of Mice. Nature 213, 194–195 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213194a0

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