Remarkably, the short - term presence of cells with supernumerary centrosomes in PLK4OE / p53cKO mice was sufficient to generate aneuploidy in
the adult epidermis and triggered spontaneous skin cancers with complete penetrance.
Not exact matches
Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered that NANOG, an essential gene for embryonic stem cells, also regulates cell division in stratified epithelia — those that form part of the
epidermis of the skin or cover the esophagus or the vagina — in
adult organisms.
Human
epidermis has been produced in vitro for decades using
adult epidermal stem cells from donors to provide cell therapy.