Intestinal Stem Cells: Got Calcium?

Máté Nászai; Julia B Cordero

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.012

Intestinal Stem Cells: Got Calcium?

Curr Biol. 2016 Feb 8;26(3):R117-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.012.

Authors

Máté Nászai¹, Julia B Cordero²

Affiliations

¹ Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.
² Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK. Electronic address: Julia.Cordero@glasgow.ac.uk.

PMID: 26859268
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.012

Abstract

Calcium ions are well-known intracellular signalling molecules. A new study identifies local cytoplasmic calcium as a central integrator of metabolic and proliferative signals in Drosophila intestinal stem cells.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Calcium / metabolism*
Drosophila melanogaster / cytology*
Signal Transduction*
Stem Cells / cytology*

Substances

Calcium