multipotent
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- adjective
- /ˌmʌltiˈpoʊtənt/
- Specialized
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multipotente
- These rare CSCs possess characteristics associated with normal multipotent stem cells, such as the ability to give rise to all cell types found in a particular cancer sample.
- multipotent cell
You start with a more homogeneous, perhaps more multipotent type of stem cell.
- You start with a more homogeneous, perhaps more multipotent type of stem cell.
- And this is the reason why it's easier to take a fat cell because the fat cell is multipotent.
Examples
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells intrinsically capable of migration and interaction with tumor cells.
Academic text (2017) -
We call them multipotent, whereas embryonic stem cells are pluripotent or totipotent.
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It may be multipotent, it may be by potential, and it is somewhat committed.
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You start with a more homogeneous, perhaps more multipotent type of stem cell.
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You start with a more homogeneous, perhaps more multipotent type of stem cell.
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So these multipotent or pluripotent stem cells, well, I really are the future of tissue repair, if you want to call it like that.
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This demonstrates that Müller glia are multipotent and are capable of responding to environmental signals to alter their fate and produce specific cells to aid in the recovery of the retina.
Blog text (6) -
We envisage the possibility that, in the near future, 3D scaffolds may be used to produce HSCs or other rare pluripotent or multipotent cell types ex vivo, thus providing for the first time an unlimited source of rare adult stem cells for regenerative medicine practices.
Academic text (2013) -
Multipotent stem cells can differentiate into various cell types, making them valuable in medical research.
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Scientists study multipotent cells to understand how they can be used for regenerative therapies.
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Etymology
The word multipotent combines multi- meaning 'many' and potent meaning 'powerful' or 'able', so it feels like something with the 'power' to become many things. So, in biology a multipotent stem cell can develop into several different types of cells within one group, but not into every kind of cell.