Insulin-like Growth Factor II: An Essential Adult Stem Cell Niche Constituent in Brain and Intestine

Summary: Tissue-specific stem cells have unique properties and growth requirements, but a small set of juxtacrine and paracrine signals have been identified that are required across multiple niches. Whereas insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) is necessary for prenatal growth, its role in adult st...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amber N. Ziegler, Qiang Feng, Shravanthi Chidambaram, Jaimie M. Testai, Ekta Kumari, Deborah E. Rothbard, Miguel Constancia, Ionel Sandovici, Tara Cominski, Kevin Pang, Nan Gao, Teresa L. Wood, Steven W. Levison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671119300591