title: MT-Nanotubes: Lifelines for Stem Cells.
abstract: Niche cells produce secreted factors that promote the self-renewal of stem cells in their immediate proximity, but how signaling is restricted to stem cells is not well understood. Inaba et al. (2015) report that microtubule (MT) structures called MT-nanotubes control activation of the primary self-renewal pathway in Drosophila testes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB 497B, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amoyel
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB 497B, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: erika.bach@nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Erika A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D008870:Microtubules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D043942:Nanotubes; D015398:Signal Transduction; D055153:Stem Cell Niche / Q000502:physiology*; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology*