Lineage Potential, Plasticity, and Environmental Reprogramming of Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells

    May 2014 in “ Biochemical Society Transactions ”
    Alessandro W. Amici, Fatai O. Onikoyi, Paola Bonfanti
    Studysummary This review discusses environmental reprogramming and the plasticity of epithelial cells, emphasizing their potential for new cell therapy approaches; it reports no new experimental results.
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