interleukin-11 induces and maintains progenitors of different cell lineages during Xenopus tadpole tail regeneration

oleh: Hiroshi Tsujioka, Takekazu Kunieda, Yuki Katou, Katsuhiko Shirahige, Taro Fukazawa, Takeo Kubo

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

Xenopus laevis tadpoles have maintained their ability to regenerate various organs. Here, the authors show that interleukin-11 is necessary for organ regeneration, by inducing and maintaining undifferentiated progenitors across cell lineages during Xenopus tail regeneration.