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Recent Advances in Stem Cells pp 251–263Cite as

Lung Stem Cells and Their Use for Patient Care: Are We There Yet?

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Recent advances in our understanding of stem cell populations in the lung, their behavior in response to injury, and the pathways controlling their proliferation and differentiation have boosted the hope for using stem cells to provide novel therapeutic options to patients with debilitating lung diseases in the near future. In this chapter, we will summarize the current knowledge of lung epithelial stem cell populations, then we will discuss the ongoing research and trials to exploit this knowledge to design stem cell-based therapies using direct cell transfer or through transplantation of bioengineered lung tissues.

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Hegab, A.E., Betsuyaku, T. (2016). Lung Stem Cells and Their Use for Patient Care: Are We There Yet?. In: Abdelalim, E. (eds) Recent Advances in Stem Cells. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33270-3_12

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