Las células mantienen una memoria de su origen en el tejido durante la regeneración de la extremidad axolotl

Martin Kragl1, Dunja Knapp, Eugen Nacu

  • 1Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108.

Nature
|July 3, 2009
PubMed
Resumen

La regeneración de las extremidades de la salamandra implica células progenitoras con un potencial restringido, no una desdiferenciación completa. Este descubrimiento desafía las teorías anteriores y ofrece nuevos conocimientos para la medicina regenerativa.

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