| The environment of the mammary secretory cell | p. 1 |
| Role of bovine placental lactogen in intercellular signalling during mammary growth and lactation | p. 13 |
| Expression of Hox genes in normal and neoplastic mouse mammary gland | p. 25 |
| Local signals for growth cessation and differentiation in the mammary gland | p. 35 |
| Apoptosis in mammary gland involution: isolation and characterization of apoptosis-specific genes | p. 45 |
| The role of erbB-family genes and Wnt genes in normal and preneoplastic mammary epithelium, studied by tissue reconstitution | p. 57 |
| VerbB induces abnormal patterns of growth in mammary epithelium | p. 67 |
| Interplay between epidermal growth factor receptor and estrogen receptor in progression to hormone independence of human breast cancer | p. 69 |
| The effect of plane of nutrition on mammary gland development in prepubertal goats | p. 71 |
| Activation of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) by heparan sulphate (HS) | p. 73 |
| High density culture of immuno-magnetically separated human mammary luminal cells | p. 75 |
| Molecular analysis of the effects of oestradiol in an in vivo model of normal human breast proliferation | p. 77 |
| Juxtacrine growth stimulation of mouse mammary cells in culture | p. 79 |
| Fibroblast growth factors in mammary development and cancer | p. 81 |
| Evidence of growth factor production by sheep myoepithelial and alveolar epithelial cells: potential for autocrine/paracrine interactions | p. 83 |
| Derivation of conditionally immortal mammary cell lines | p. 85 |
| Effect of relaxin on primary cultures of goat mammary epithelial cells | p. 87 |
| Differential effects of growth factors acting by autocrine and paracrine pathways in breast cancer cells | p. 89 |
| Validation of transforming growth factor [actual symbol not reproducible] binding assay for bovine mammary tissue | p. 91 |
| Endocrine effect of IGF-1 on mammary growth in prepubertal heifers | p. 93 |
| Local control of mammary apoptosis by milk stasis | p. 95 |
| Immunolocalisation of insulin-like growth factors and basic fibroblast growth factor in the bovine mammary gland | p. 97 |
| Flow sorting and clonal analysis of mouse mammary epithelium | p. 99 |
| Cytokine expression in normal and neoplastic breast tissue | p. 101 |
| Production of an insulin-like growth factor binding protein by the involuting rat mammary gland | p. 103 |
| Developmental and hormonal regulation of Wnt gene expression in the mouse mammary gland | p. 105 |
| Extracellular matrix dependent gene regulation in mammary epithelial cells | p. 107 |
| [alpha]-lactalbumin regulation and its role in lactation | p. 121 |
| Regulation of milk secretion and composition by growth hormone and prolactin | p. 131 |
| Basement membrane in the control of mammary gland function | p. 141 |
| Asynchronous concurrent secretion of milk proteins in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) | p. 153 |
| Heterogeneous expression and synthesis of human serum albumin in the mammary gland of transgenic mice | p. 171 |
| Post-transcriptional regulation of casein gene expression by prolactin and growth hormone in lactating rat mammary gland | p. 173 |
| Characterisation of transcriptional control elements in the mammary gland and pancreas: studies of the carboxyl ester lipase gene | p. 175 |
| Oligosaccharide analysis of epithelial mammary tissues | p. 177 |
| Human bile salt-activated lipase: structural organisation at the c-terminus | p. 179 |
| Dramatic changes in gap junction expression in the mammary gland during pregnancy, lactation and involution | p. 181 |
| Aromatase induction in stromal vascular cells from human breast adipose tissue by growth factors | p. 183 |
| Developmental regulation of homeobox genes in the mouse mammary gland | p. 185 |
| Murine [alpha]-lactalbumin gene inactivation and replacement | p. 187 |
| Differential expression of [beta]-lactoglobulin alleles A and B in dairy cattle | p. 189 |
| DNA replication, [beta]-casein gene transcription and DNase-I sensitivity of [beta]-casein gene in rabbit mammary cell nuclei | p. 191 |
| Autocrine control of milk secretion: development of the concept | p. 193 |
| Endocrine and autocrine strategies for the control of lactation in women and sows | p. 203 |
| Autocrine control of milk secretion: from concept to application | p. 227 |
| A role for medium-chain fatty acids in the regulation of lipid synthesis in milk stasis? | p. 239 |
| The secretory pathway for milk protein secretion and its regulation | p. 253 |
| In vitro effects of oxytocin and ionomycin on lipid secretion by rat mammary gland. Role of the myoepithelial cells | p. 265 |
| Dose-dependent effects of oxytocin on the microcirculation in the mammary gland of the lactating rat | p. 267 |
| Effects of triiodothyronine administration on the disposal of oral [I-[superscript 14]C]-triolein, lipoprotein lipase activity and lipogenesis in the rat during lactation and on removal of the litter | p. 269 |
| Induction of immune responses in the bovine mammary gland | p. 271 |
| Cultured mammary epithelial cells secrete a factor which suppresses lipoprotein lipase production by 3T3-L1 adipocytes | p. 273 |
| Localisation of annexin V and annexin VI in lactating mammary epithelial cells | p. 275 |
| Scientific Papers published since 1984 by speakers at this Symposium in the CAB abstracts database | p. 277 |
| Contributors | p. 279 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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