Primary Cilium and Stem Cell: Comparison
Please note this is a comparison between Version 2 by Conner Chen and Version 1 by Sila Yanardag.

Signaling networks guide stem cells during their lineage specification and terminal differentiation. Primary cilium, an antenna-like protrusion, directly or indirectly plays a significant role in this guidance. All stem cells characterized so far have primary cilia. They serve as entry- or check-points for various signaling events by controlling the signal transduction and stability. Thus, defects in the primary cilia formation or dynamics cause developmental and health problems, including but not limited to obesity, cardiovascular and renal anomalies, hearing and vision loss, and even cancers.

  • primary cilia
  • stem cells
  • cancer stem cells
  • signaling
  • differentiation
  • Notch
  • Wnt
  • TGF
  • mTOR
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