Rare somatic cells from human breast tissue exhibit extensive lineage plasticity
FRONTIERS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSCIENCES SEMINAR
THEA TLSTY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
We identified cells within human adult tissue that can acquire a phenotypic plastic state. These rare cells can be directly isolated and shown to exhibit extensive lineage plasticity creating functional derivatives of heart, brain, bone, cartilage, gut and many more tissues.