title: Stem Cells Show Parental Control.
abstract: Stem cells interact with their niche to maintain an undifferentiated state. The study by Pardo-Saganta et al. shows that airway basal stem cells maintain secretory daughter cells in airway epithelia through forward regulation, suggesting that stem cells may serve as a niche for their progeny.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: peggy.myung@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Myung
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA; Department of Genetics, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: valentina.greco@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Greco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D055153:Stem Cell Niche / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*