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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Endogenous Multilayer Control of Cambial Stem Cells and Its Consequences for Wood Formation.

Yun-Jing Bao, Fang-Jing Fan, Ying-Gao Liu, Fu-Yuan Zhu

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yun-Jing BaoState Key Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, The Southern Mordern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
Fang-Jing FanState Key Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, The Southern Mordern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
Ying-Gao LiuState Key Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, The Southern Mordern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0009-0006-0101-4174
Fu-Yuan ZhuState Key Laboratory for the Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, The Southern Mordern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8276-0550

Funding

National Key Research & Development Program of China 2021YFD2200503National Natural Science Foundation of China 32472060Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province KYCX24_1378the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFD1900801the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province BK20240664, BK20240668
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vascular cambium serves as the fundamental meristem for wood formation. It determines wood biomass and structural properties by balancing self-renewal with the bidirectional production of xylem and phloem. This process is controlled by a complex network of peptides, transcription factors, and phytohormones. These regulatory networks coordinate cambial stem cell activity, balancing cell division and differentiation. Additionally, layers of regulation such as chromatin state, protein stability, and non-coding RNAs add significant complexity to these networks. Emerging single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, together with quantitative modeling, now resolve cambial heterogeneity, predicting the dynamic characteristics of wood formation. This review synthesizes current knowledge of cambial regulation, highlighting how feedback loops, spatial gradients, and dynamic signaling networks collectively orchestrate the predictive potential for improving cambial activity and wood formation.

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phytohormonesecondary xylemvascular cambiumwood formation

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PMID41829741
PMCPMC12987351

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