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Nature Genetics 40, 822 - 823 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng0708-822
Lung stem cells in the balance
Saverio Bellusci1
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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
Abstract
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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