Very small embryonic‐like cells: Biology and function of these potential endogenous pluripotent stem cells in adult tissues
Kassmer SH, Krause DS. Very small embryonic‐like cells: Biology and function of these potential endogenous pluripotent stem cells in adult tissues. Molecular Reproduction And Development 2013, 80: 677-690. PMID: 23440892, PMCID: PMC3740022, DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22168.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic-like cellsSmall embryonic-like cellsAdult tissuesCell typesPrimordial germ cellsGerm layer lineagesMarkers of pluripotentSingle-cell levelPluripotent stem cellsCell cycle inhibitory genesSimilar cell typesMurine bone marrowPluripotency genesMurine VSELsNon-hematopoietic cellsCell cycleGerm cellsInhibitory genesStress conditionsStem cellsDifferent phenotypesGenesRegenerative medicineVSELsCells