How cells change their phenotype

Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 187 - 194
Published: Mar 1, 2002
Abstract
Recent attention has focused on the remarkable ability of adult stem cells to produce differentiated cells from embryologically unrelated tissues. This phenomenon is an example of metaplasia and shows that embryological commitments can be reversed or erased under certain circumstances. In some cases, even fully differentiated cells can change their phenotype (transdifferentiation). This review examines recently discovered cases of metaplasia,...
Paper Details
Title
How cells change their phenotype
Published Date
Mar 1, 2002
Volume
3
Issue
3
Pages
187 - 194
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