Plasticity, Nuclear Diapause, and a Requiem for the Terminal Differentiation of Epithelia

Authors :: Eric G. Neilson
Source :: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18:1995-1998
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2007.
Abstract: Once in a while, we should compulse over well-established paradigms, and I have been thinking about the terminality of differentiated epithelial cells. There are many believers in terminal differentiation, but if the concept encourages a sense of immutability, then does it cripple new ideas

Subjects :: Metaplasia
Periodicity
medicine.medical_specialty
Immutability
Cellular differentiation
Cell Differentiation
Epithelial Cells
General Medicine
Diapause
Biology
Cell biology
Endocrinology
Terminal (electronics)
Nephrology
Internal medicine
medicine

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