«What changes a cell, or what regulates a cell to follow
certain cell fate decisions?
Not exact matches
Although transcription factors are often the ingredients scientists use to induce stem
cell fate, Dalby and Ulijn hypothesize that
certain metabolites «fuel» the pathways that result in variable concentrations of transcription factors that drive these changes.
The presence of
certain proteins can influence the
cell's
fate.
The results provide more clues about how
cells choose a particular
fate and may guide efforts to use stem
cells to treat
certain diseases.
It appears to be sufficient to drive the entire myocardial program in
certain cells not normally
fated to contribute to the heart.»
A better understanding of this master switch regulator may help to understand, how
cells that have a common origin take on a specific
fate in the body to build an organ and may also help to understand the development of
certain leukemias.
He has a seeming fondness for catching orphans, locking them in the tiny
cell in his office, and having the police ship them away to the local orphanage for even the most petty of crimes (As it turns out, Gustav himself is an orphan, and a
fate similar to the one he imposes upon these children taught him order and a
certain kind of heartlessness).