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Phenotypic indications that human sweat glands are a rich source of nestin-positive stem cell populations.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 2010
Petschnik A E, Klatte J E, Evers L H, Kruse C, Paus R, Danner S
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BACKGROUND: We have recently shown that the expression of nestin, a progenitor/stem cell marker protein, is localized in different mesenchymal compartments in human skin including the sweat gland stroma. OBJECTIVES: As other exocrine glands are recognized sources of multipotent stem cell populations with potential for multilineage differentiation, it was our aim to isolate, expand and characterize glandular stem...
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