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ReviewAnnual review of cell and developmental biology2016

Metabolism and the Control of Cell Fate Decisions and Stem Cell Renewal.

Kyoko Ito, Keisuke Ito

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Review in Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kyoko ItoRuth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461; email: keisuke.ito@einstein.yu.edu.
Keisuke ItoRuth L. and David S. Gottesman Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461; email: keisuke.ito@einstein.yu.edu.

Funding

The Roles of Lipid Metabolism in the Maintenance of Hematopoietic Stem CellsR01DK098263 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI Keisuke Ito · 2013 to 2026
$5.2M
Epigenetic regulation by microRNA of MDS pathogenesisR01DK100689 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI ITO, KEISUKE · 2014 to 2017
$1.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098263NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK100689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the stem cells of various tissues remain in the quiescent state to maintain their undifferentiated state, they also undergo cell divisions as required, and if necessary, even a single stem cell is able to provide for lifelong tissue homeostasis. Stem cell populations are precisely controlled by the balance between their symmetric and asymmetric divisions, with their division patterns determined by whether the daughter cells involved retain their self-renewal capacities. Recent studies have reported that metabolic pathways and the distribution of mitochondria are regulators of the division balance of stem cells and that metabolic defects can shift division balance toward symmetric commitment, which leads to stem cell exhaustion. It has also been observed that in asymmetric division, old mitochondria, which are central metabolic organelles, are segregated to the daughter cell fated to cell differentiation, whereas in symmetric division, young and old mitochondria are equally distributed between both daughter cells. Thus, metabolism and mitochondrial biology play important roles in stem cell fate decisions. As these decisions directly affect tissue homeostasis, understanding their regulatory mechanisms in the context of cellular metabolism is critical.

Indexed as

Cell LineageCell Self RenewalMetabolic Networks and PathwaysAnimalsCell DivisionHumansMitochondriaStem Cellscell fatemetabolismmitochondriaself-renewalstem cells

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PMID27482603
PMCPMC5055439

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