Prospecting for Planarian Pluripotency

Tania Rozario; Phillip A Newmark

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.062

Prospecting for Planarian Pluripotency

Cell. 2018 Jun 14;173(7):1566-1567. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.062.

Authors

Tania Rozario¹, Phillip A Newmark²

Affiliations

¹ Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA.
² Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: PNewmark@morgridge.org.

PMID: 29906442
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.062

Abstract

Planarians are renowned for extraordinary regenerative abilities that are driven by stem cells maintained throughout their lives. In this issue of Cell, Zeng et al. report the prospective isolation of planarian pluripotent stem cells. Their work opens new directions for understanding how these remarkable cells are established, maintained, and activated.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Planarians*
Pluripotent Stem Cells
Prospective Studies
Regeneration
Tetraspanins*

Substances

Tetraspanins

Grants and funding

R01 HD043403/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States