| Literature DB >> 23369706 |
Yi Zhou1, Michelle Lewallen, Ting Xie.
Abstract
Stem cell niches provide a regulatory microenvironment that retains stem cells and promotes self-renewal. Recently in Developmental Cell, Rinkevich et al. (2013) showed that cell islands (CIs) of Botryllus schlosseri, a colonial chordate, provide niches for maintaining cycling stem cells that migrate from degenerated CIs to newly formed buds.Entities:
Year: 2013 PMID: 23369706 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.01.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Cell ISSN: 1534-5807 Impact factor: 12.270