Stem Cells Sheltered from Air-Raids Repair Airways

Ying Yang; Wellington V Cardoso

doi:10.1016/j.stem.2018.04.010

Stem Cells Sheltered from Air-Raids Repair Airways

Cell Stem Cell. 2018 May 3;22(5):613-614. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.04.010.

Authors

Ying Yang¹, Wellington V Cardoso²

Affiliations

¹ Columbia Center for Human Development and Pulmonary Allergy Critical Care, Department of Medicine, and Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
² Columbia Center for Human Development and Pulmonary Allergy Critical Care, Department of Medicine, and Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: wvc2104@cumc.columbia.edu.

Abstract

Submucosal glands contribute to the luminal secretions of conducting airways in the respiratory tract. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, both Tata et al. (2018) and Lynch et al. (2018) report that myoepithelial cells of submucosal glands serve as reserve stem cells to regenerate the damaged surface epithelium following severe airway injury.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Animals
Epithelial Cells*
Epithelium
Mice
Mucous Membrane
Regeneration
Stem Cells
Trachea*

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