Commentary: Somatic Stem Cells and Their Dysfunction in Endometriosis

[摘要] It was a pleasure to go through the manuscript by Dusan Djokovic and Carlos Calhaz-Jorge on somatic stem cells (SSCs) and their dysfunction in the pathogenesis of endometriosis (1). As EnSCs are adult stem cells comprising of an epithelial stem cells population, mesenchymal stem cells, and side population stem cells, they are of particular interest being implicated in angiogenesis and vascularization processes during tissue regeneration, being a steady supply of autologous stem cells for women and currently being tested in several clinical trials regarding their regenerative and therapeutic potential (2).

[学科分类] 外科医学

[关键词] somatic stem cells;endometriosis;mesenchymal to epithelial transition;epithelial to mesenchymal transition;stem cell niche