Molecular Mechanism of Lactation and Gene Regulation Networks

Abstract

Abstract: In order to improve the production performance of animals, that understand better the function and regulation mechanisms of the mammary gland become very necessory. Early studies tended to analyze the physiological function of mammary gland from histology and hormone levels. With the development of molecular biology techniques, high-throughput technologies such as gene chip to study mammary gland and lactation biology has entered a new stage of development. In this review, we presented several aspects in molecular biology of lactation biology, such as gene networks about each stage were revealed, synthetic regulation network about the main composition of milk, signaling pathways involved in mammary gland lactation cycle.

Key words: Mammary gland, Lactation, Molecular mechanism, Regulation networks, Signal pathway

Ren Honghui, Wang Yong, Jiang Mingfeng. Molecular Mechanism of Lactation and Gene Regulation Networks[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2014, 0(1): 39-45.

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