Stem cell in the adult Drosophila hindgut: just a sleeping beauty.
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Abstract
The Drosophila hindgut was suggested to harbor constitutively active stem cells. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Fox and Spradling (2009) demonstrate that this organ contains only dormant stem cells capable of proliferating and producing differentiated cells in response to injury.
Medical subject headings
- Adult Stem Cells
- Adult Stem Cells/cytology
- Adult Stem Cells/enzymology
- Aging
- Animals
- Cell Proliferation
- Clone Cells
- Digestive System
- Digestive System/cytology
- Digestive System/pathology
- Drosophila
- Drosophila/cytology
- Ileum
- Ileum/cytology
- Ileum/growth & development
- Larva
- Larva/cytology
- Pylorus
- Pylorus/cytology
- Pylorus/growth & development
- beta-Galactosidase
- beta-Galactosidase/metabolism