Lifting the Mist on Gastric Stem Cells.

Varga, Julia; Greten, Florian R · Cell Stem Cell · 2016

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Cancer Cell, Hayakawa et al. (2015) demonstrate that Mist1(+) gastric stem cells are supported by a specialized niche composed of Cxcl12(+) endothelium and Wnt5a-producing Cxcr4(+) innate lymphoid cells. In diffuse-type gastric cancer this perivascular stem cell niche is expanded and can be exploited for cancer therapy.

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