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Amitosis of Polyploid Cells Regenerates Functional Stem Cells in the Drosophila Intestine.
Cell stem cell - 4 May 2017
Lucchetta Elena M, Ohlstein Benjamin
Abstract excerpt
Organ fitness depends on appropriate maintenance of stem cell populations, and aberrations in functional stem cell numbers are associated with malignancies and aging. Symmetrical division is the best characterized mechanism of stem cell replacement, but other mechanisms could also be deployed, particularly in situations of high stress. Here, we show that after severe depletion, intestinal stem cells (ISCs) in the...
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