Open AccessStem Cells Show Parental Control
Author(s) -
Peggy Myung,
Valentina Greco
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.030
Subject(s) - biology , stem cell , niche , microbiology and biotechnology , stem cell niche , basal (medicine) , immunology , progenitor cell , endocrinology , ecology , insulin
Stem cells interact with their niche to maintain an undifferentiated state. The study by Pardo-Saganta et al. shows that airway basal stem cells maintain secretory daughter cells in airway epithelia through forward regulation, suggesting that stem cells may serve as a niche for their progeny.
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