WEHImovies | Immune cells helping to keep breast ducts healthy @WEHImovies | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is a movie of a mammary gland duct (purple), surrounded by collagen fibres (pink) and immune cells called macrophages (yellow and blue). Macrophages are important for mammary gland formation and function. The yellow macrophages in this movie are breast-specific ductal macrophages. These cells play an essential role at a pivotal point in mammary gland function when lactation stops, milk-producing cells die and breast tissue needs to remodel back to its original state. The clearing action performed by these cells helps redundant milk-producing structures to collapse, allowing them to successfully return to a resting state. This ultimately helps to keep breast tissue healthy.
This high-resolution movie was captured by Dr Caleb Dawson, a breast cancer researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
For more information about this research visit https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/new-type-immune-cell-discovered-breast-ducts
This is a movie of a mammary gland duct (purple), surrounded by collagen fibres (pink) and immune cells called macrophages (yellow and blue). Macrophages are important for mammary gland formation and function. The yellow macrophages in this movie are breast-specific ductal macrophages. These cells play an essential role at a pivotal point in mammary gland function when lactation stops, milk-producing cells die and breast tissue needs to remodel back to its original state. The clearing action performed by these cells helps redundant milk-producing structures to collapse, allowing them to successfully return to a resting state. This ultimately helps to keep breast tissue healthy.
This high-resolution movie was captured by Dr Caleb Dawson, a breast cancer researcher at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.
For more information about this research visit https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/new-type-immune-cell-discovered-breast-ducts
