Pancreatic acinar heterogeneity hijacks carcinogenesis and homeostasis.

Melzer, Michael Karl; Kleger, Alexander · Cell Stem Cell · 2023

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

In this issue, Jiang and colleagues employ multiple lineage-tracing approaches to elaborate on the role of Tff2+ transit-amplifying progenitor cells in the pancreatic acinar compartment of mice. This work provides insights into the steady-state homeostasis and tumor-suppressive features of certain progenitor cells and presents findings on acinar cell heterogeneity.

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