Differentiated

I shall try to answer. 1. Stem cells are totipotent in that they can be made to be any cell in the organism. Totipotent cells have not been differentiated to a specific lineage. Progenitor cells are a step towards being differentitated in that they are called pluripotent and can make any cell ...

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Hello, Kindly explain what makes an Egg cell start the process of embryo formation when its nucleus is replaced by a nucleus from another differentiated cell? Also, following the symmetry of Nature, could I believe that the same thing should happen using a Sperm cell? Otherwise I feel the females ...

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... regulators in vivo, we identify a specific combination of three transcription factors (Ngn3 (also known as Neurog3) Pdx1 and Mafa) that reprograms differentiated pancreatic exocrine cells in adult mice into cells that closely resemble beta-cells.

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... in my notes it says NK cells and macrophages can have an effect on the type of Th produced :? I cant seem to picture it because ive read they are differentiated in the tissues but have also read that once activated Th1 and Th2 home to different types of infection :? Thanks again for the quick ...

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MikeJ, I meant that the terms are often mixed together. I thought 'differentiated' is the official term, but the word 'specialised' is used to describe the cells' specific function. For example, a neuron is a differentiated cell and it is specialised in signalling. ...

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