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. 2010 Apr 30;2(2):752–772. doi: 10.3390/cancers2020752

Table 5.

Lifecycle of MMTV in mouse and human [51,58].

Mouse Human
Transmission Milk and germ line Milk/contaminated Food [65,66]
Ingestion Gut–Peyer's patches Gut? Peyer’s patches [64]
Immune system Lymphocytes Superantigens Superantigens [67]
Tropism Tropic mammary epithelial cells Tropic breast epithelial Cells [54]
Latency Adult mammary tumors Adult breast cancer
Sex hormone responsive Sex hormone responsive [63]