| Literature DB >> 31175700 |
Pei-Lun Weng1,2, Marit H Aure3, Catherine E Ovitt4.
Abstract
In the effort to develop cell-based therapies to treat salivary gland dysfunction, many different populations of cells in the adult salivary glands have been proposed as stem cells. These cell populations vary, depending on the assay used, and are often nonoverlapping, leading to the conclusion that salivary glands harbor multiple stem cells. The goal of this review is to critically appraise the assays and properties used to identify stem cells in the adult salivary gland, and to consider the caveats of each. Re-evaluation of the defining criteria may help to reconcile the many potential stem cell populations described in the salivary gland, in order to increase comparability between studies and build consensus in the field. Stem Cells 2019;37:1144-1150. ©AlphaMed Press 2019.Entities:
Keywords: Acinar; Lineage-restricted; Progenitor cell; Salivary gland; Stem cell
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31175700 PMCID: PMC6711783 DOI: 10.1002/stem.3046
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Stem Cells ISSN: 1066-5099 Impact factor: 6.277