Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Identification of a Zeb1 expressing basal stem cell subpopulation in the prostate

  • Xue Wang,
  • Haibo Xu,
  • Chaping Cheng,
  • Zhongzhong Ji,
  • Huifang Zhao,
  • Yaru Sheng,
  • Xiaoxia Li,
  • Jinming Wang,
  • Yu Shu,
  • Yuman He,
  • Liancheng Fan,
  • Baijun Dong,
  • Wei Xue,
  • Chee Wai Chua,
  • Dongdong Wu,
  • Wei-Qiang Gao,
  • Helen He Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14296-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Heterogeneous populations of basal cells in the prostate epithelium contain stem cells. Here the authors show that Zeb1 marks a pool of prostate epithelial stem cells that self-renew, generate prostate glandular structures with all 3 epithelial cell types and are required for prostate basal cell development.