Altering cell fate: from thymus epithelium to skin stem cells.
In a recent study in Nature, Bonfanti et al. (2010) report that the skin microenvironment can convert thymic epithelial cells into skin stem cells. This finding suggests that somatic stem cells may have a broader potential for lineage switching than previously thought.
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Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
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Dennis R
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