A Specialized Few Among Many: Identification of a Novel Lung Epithelial Stem Cell Population

Christina E Barkauskas

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2020.02.010

A Specialized Few Among Many: Identification of a Novel Lung Epithelial Stem Cell Population

Cell Stem Cell. 2020 Mar 5;26(3):295-296. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.02.010.

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Christina E Barkauskas¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke Medicine, Box 2629 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: christina.barkauskas@duke.edu.

Abstract

The landscape of lung epithelial stem cells is getting more nuanced. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Kathiriya et al. (2020) describe a novel distal airway epithelial cell population with high regenerative potential.

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MeSH terms

Bronchioles
Cell Differentiation
Epithelial Cells*
Lung
Stem Cells*