How to initiate tissue regeneration by generating mutually exclusive cell states.
A healing wound is made of cells that paused proliferation and secrete mitogenic factors and cells that proliferate to replace those lost to cell death. A new study in PLOS Biology describes how 2 conserved signaling pathways could repress each other to create these mutually exclusive cell states.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-06-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002155 |