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Nature Genetics 40, 822 - 823 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng0708-822

Lung stem cells in the balance

Saverio Bellusci1

  1. Saverio Bellusci is at the Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Developmental Biology Program, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA.
    e-mail: sbellusci@chla.usc.edu


Wnt ligands are secreted glycoproteins with critical roles in organogenesis, cancer initiation and progression, and maintenance of stem cell pluripotency. A new study strengthens considerably our understanding of the role of Wnt signaling in progenitor cells of the lung epithelium during development and injury.

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