Translations:Komórki macierzyste/1/en

Definiton

Stem cells are primary, unspecialized cells, which are characterized with unlimited self-renewal capacity and differentiation into specialized descendant progenitor cells forming tissues and organs. The proper function of the body depends on tissue homeostasis, and the maintenance of homeostasis is related with stem cell pool , that balances the number of somatic cells in the body. In each organ of the body thoroughly appears new cells, which maturate and differentiate into organ-specific cells, and after fulfilling their specific biological function they undergo into programmed cell death called apoptosis. Stem cells which reside in a cellular niche of a given organ, receive signals from the environment of the damaged tissue, and starts repair process leading for tissue regeneration.