Adult cell plasticity in vivo: De-differentiation and transdifferentiation are back in style

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 413-425

  Merrell, Allyson J ^a   Stanger, Ben Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT STEM CELL; AMPHIBIA; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TELEOST; TISSUE REGENERATION; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84961233619     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.24     Document Type: Review

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