Further proof of the plasticity of adult stem cells and their role in tissue repair

doi:10.1083/jcb.200302117

Celprogen stem cell research & therapeutics

Published 17 March 2003. doi:10.1083/jcb.200302117

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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2003/3/807 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 160, Number 6, 807-809

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Further proof of the plasticity of adult stem cells and their role in tissue repair

Darwin J. Prockop

Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112

Address correspondence to D.J. Prockop, Center for Gene Therapy, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112. Tel.: (504) 988-7711. Fax: (504) 988-7710. E-mail: dprocko{at}tulane.edu

In this issue, De Bari et al. (2003) present elegant data tocounter the recent claims that adult stem cells have a limitedplasticity. Further, they provide evidence that adult stem cellscan seek out damaged tissues and repair them.

^* Abbreviations used in this paper: hSM-MSC, human synovial membrane;MSC, mesenchymal stem cell or marrow stromal cell.

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