Existence of slow - cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: implications
on epithelial stem cells.
Not exact matches
A membrane — designed to support the cultivation and differentiation of human nasal
epithelial stem cells — was inserted into a small chamber
on the device and fresh or contaminated air was fed through a tiny channel.
In particular, they are focused
on studying the functional role and molecular mechanisms of cellular senescence in both of these events, and how a deregulation of normal
epithelial stem cell proliferation is involved.
The HUB is founded
on the pioneering work of Hans Clevers, M.D., Ph.D., who discovered methods to grow
stem cell - derived human
epithelial mini-organs from the tissues of patients with various diseases.
Limbal
epithelial stem cells sheets cultured
on amniotic membranes for treatment of limbal
stem cell deficiency (LSCD).
IL - 22 also plays a role in
epithelial cell repair and has direct effects
on the intestinal
stem cells [22 — 24].
Our final review article, from the labs of Maximilian Boesch (Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland) and Andreas Seeber (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria), provides an update
on the role of
epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) in cancer
stem cells (CSCs) and the
epithelial ‐ to ‐ mesenchymal transition (EMT) in colorectal cancer (CRC).