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Human keratinocytes have two interconvertible modes of proliferation.
Nature cell biology - 1 Feb 2016
Roshan Amit, Murai Kasumi, Fowler Joanna, Simons Benjamin D, Nikolaidou-Neokosmidou Varvara, Jones Philip H
Abstract excerpt
Single stem cells, including those in human epidermis, have a remarkable ability to reconstitute tissues in vitro, but the cellular mechanisms that enable this are ill-defined. Here we used live imaging to track the outcome of thousands of divisions in clonal cultures of primary human epidermal keratinocytes. Two modes of proliferation were seen. In 'balanced' mode, similar proportions of proliferating and...
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