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CELL STEM CELL
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 329-341Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.05.009
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- NIH [R01HL116756, R01HL118185]
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [K08CA201640] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL118185, R01HL116756] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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In injured tissues, regeneration is often associated with cell fate plasticity, in that cells deviate from their normal lineage paths. It is becoming increasingly clear that this plasticity often creates alternative strategies to restore damaged or lost cells. Alternatively, cell fate plasticity is also part and parcel of pathologic tissue transformations that accompany disease. In this Perspective, we summarize a few illustrative examples of physiologic and aberrant cellular plasticity. Then, we speculate on how one could enhance endogenous plasticity to promote regeneration and reverse pathologic plasticity, perhaps inspiring interest in a new class of therapies targeting cell fate modulation.
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