Identity deception: not a crime for a stem cell.
Stem cell transdifferentiation in the adult organism is the most common and questioned mechanism of growth and repair. Recent data suggest that adult stem cells are capable of generating mature cells beyond their own tissue boundaries, a process called developmental plasticity. To date, the most versatile cell discovered is the bone marrow progenitor cell.
Leri
Annarosa
A
Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York. annarosa_leri@nymc.edu
Kajstura
Jan
J
Anversa
Piero
P
D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans