Browsing by Author "Droujinine, Ilia"
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A sharp end to sugary Wingless travels
Droujinine, Ilia A.; Yan, Dong; Perrimon, Norbert (The Rockefeller University Press, 2014)Drosophila melanogaster follicle stem cells are controlled by Wingless (Wg) ligands secreted 50 µm away, raising the question of how long-distance Wg spreading occurs. In this issue of JCB, Wang and Page-McCaw (2014. J. ... -
To grab the stroma by the horns: From biology to cancer therapy with mesenchymal stem cells
Droujinine, Ilia A.; Eckert, Mark A.; Zhao, Weian (Impact Journals LLC, 2013)Mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (MSCs) are precursor cells that play important roles in tumorigenesis. MSCs are recruited to tumors from local and distant sources to form part of the tumor microenvironment. MSCs influence ...