Research report 2021 - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Contacts control regeneration

Authors
Huch, Meritxell;  Cordero-Espinoza, Lucía; Dowbaj, Anna M.
Departments
Meritxell Huch Group
Summary
Our research group at MPI-CBG focuses on tissue regeneration. Together with colleagues from Cambridge, our team has found that a regulatory cell type - mesenchymal cells - can activate or stop liver regeneration. This is achieved by the number of contacts these establish with the regenerating cells (epithelial cells). Our findings suggest that mistakes in the regeneration process, which can give rise to diseases, are caused by the wrong number of contacts between both cell populations.
 

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