Lgr5-Positive Supporting Cells Generate New Hair Cells in the Postnatal Cochlea
The prevalence of hearing loss after damage to the mammalian cochlea has been thought to be due to a lack of spontaneous regeneration of hair cells, the primary receptor cells for sound. Here, we show that supporting cells, which surround hair cells in the normal cochlear epithelium, differentiate i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Stem Cell Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671114000253 |