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The major endocrine factors which control the development of the mammary gland in pregnancy are well known. However, exposure of ruminant mammary epithelial cells in vitro to oestradiol, progesterone, glucocorticoids, prolactin, growth hormone and placental lactogen has little or no effect on DNA synthesis (Winder et al.,1989). Hormone action in vivo may be indirect through stimulation of or interaction with growth factors, some of which may be produced locally and act in an autocrine or paracrine manner.
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Forsyth, I.A., Taylor, J.A., Villa, M., Gilmour, R.S. (1995). Evidence of Growth Factor Production by Sheep Myoepithelial and Alveolar Epithelial Cells: Potential for Autocrine/Paracrine Interactions. In: Wilde, C.J., Peaker, M., Knight, C.H. (eds) Intercellular Signalling in the Mammary Gland. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1973-7_15
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