Seminar
03/04/2019
Rethinking regeneration: role of nerve-derived cells in tissue homeostasis and injury response

Dr. Ander Izeta Permisán

(IIS Biodonostia)

The paradigm of adult tissue regeneration based on adult "tissue resident" stem cells differentiating into committed precursors to repair/replace the damaged area is currently being reformulated in different systems, as alternative explanations are beginning to emerge. Rather than being a cell intrinsic property, stemness may be dictated instead by the pericellular niche (cell-cell, cell-ECM and other microenvironmental inputs and contacts)...