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The Drosophila BCL6 homolog Ken and Barbie promotes somatic stem cell self-renewal in the testis niche.
Developmental biology - 15 Aug 2012
Issigonis Melanie, Matunis Erika
Abstract excerpt
Stem cells sustain tissue regeneration by their remarkable ability to replenish the stem cell pool and to generate differentiating progeny. Signals from local microenvironments, or niches, control stem cell behavior. In the Drosophila testis, a group of somatic support cells called the hub creates a stem cell niche by locally activating the Janus Kinase-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (JAK-STAT)...
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