Quorum Sensing and Other Collective Regenerative Behaviors in Organ Populations

    August 2016 in “ Current opinion in genetics & development ”
    Randall B. Widelitz, Cheng‐Ming Chuong
    Studysummary In this study, researchers using the hair paradigm highlighted how periodic patterning and compartmentalization enable diverse regenerative behaviors, including region-specific renewal cycles and emergent properties like regenerative waves in organ populations.
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