Stem Cells Healing a Skin Wound
This microscopic image shows stem cells (stained green) migrating into a mouse skin wound to heal it. Cell nuclei are stained blue and the protein integrin alpha 5, a marker of migrating cells, is stained red. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have found that epithelial stem cells, which reside in a deep layer of the skin, “remember” wounds or other inflammatory events. This ability helps them respond faster to subsequent injuries.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., Samantha Larsen and Shruti Naik Ph.D., Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University
Stem Cells Healing a Skin Wound
This microscopic image shows stem cells (stained green) migrating into a mouse skin wound to heal it. Cell nuclei are stained blue and the protein integrin alpha 5, a marker of migrating cells, is stained red. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have found that epithelial stem cells, which reside in a deep layer of the skin, “remember” wounds or other inflammatory events. This ability helps them respond faster to subsequent injuries.
PHOTOGRAPHER: Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., Samantha Larsen and Shruti Naik Ph.D., Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University