Sentence examples for mostly quiescent cell from inspiring English sources
Genuine cancer cure requires elimination of cancer stem cells which have a mostly quiescent cell cycle profile and are capable of self-renewal.
Dermal fibro-blasts are mostly quiescent cells that are regularly exposed to external noxae such as ultra violet light.
The dermis is a highly stationary tissue compartment of mostly quiescent cells that cannot be removed quickly in case of dysfunction.
Epithelial tissues are formed by organized, differentiated and mostly quiescent epithelial cells, which together produce the biological activity of epithelium.
As shown in Fig. 1B, these cells are mostly quiescent at t0, but enter the cell cycle in response to a growth factor cocktail composed of IL-3, IL-6 and SCF.
While stem cells are mostly quiescent, they may asymmetrically divide to give rise to one transit-amplifying cell and another stem cell [ 4].
Under homeostatic conditions, satellite cells are mostly quiescent remaining in a non-dividing G0 state 20.
Cells retained mostly quiescent morphology and some degree of proliferative potential, resuming proliferation in fresh (drug-free, serum-containing) medium.
Contrasting the marked proliferation of Nes-GFP BMSCs in perinatal life, Nes-GFP+ cells remained mostly quiescent.
Although K6 expression has been associated with hyperproliferation, expression of K6 in the epidermis does not overlap with the incorporation of [H]thymidine [ 29], supporting our observation that K6-positive cells are mostly quiescent.
Consistent with the idea that lamin A is a potential biomarker of colonic stem cells, the cells at the base of the crypt which are positive for lamin A, are generally negative for the DNA replication protein PCNA, as would be expected in cells that are mostly quiescent [39].
