A chief source of cancer and repair in stomachs

作者:Radyk Megan D; Mills Jason C*
来源:The EMBO Journal, 2017, 36(16): 2318-2320.
DOI:10.15252/embj.201797519

摘要

Differentiated cells had long been thought to be non-dividing, though we now know many can proliferate after injury. A new study by Leushacke et al (2017) shows how injury recruits mature, Lgr5-expressing gastric chief cells to become stem cells that can either regenerate damaged tissue or fuel precancerous lesions.

  • 出版日期2017-8-15