The cost of competency?

Kao, Yun-Ruei; Will, Britta · Cell · 2023

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Curtailed protein translation ensures stemness and multipotency in embryonic and adult tissue-specific stem cells. In this issue of Cell, a study led by Zhao and colleagues uncovered increased susceptibility of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) to iron-dependent programmed necrotic cell death (ferroptosis) as a consequence of low protein synthesis.

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