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A plethora of progenitors in the post‐natal prostate
Author(s) -
Goldstein Andrew S,
Witte Owen N
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.169
Subject(s) - library science , prostate cancer , medicine , gerontology , cancer , computer science
In a recent study published in Nature Cell Biology , the Blanpain group used lineage tracing to show that multipotent progenitors can give rise to basal, luminal and neuroendocrine cells in the mouse prostate, placing them at the top of the epithelial hierarchy in this gland.