Regeneration: The origin of cancer or a possible cure?
- 14 April 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
- Vol. 20 (5), 557-564
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.04.005
Abstract
A better understanding of the forces controlling cell growth will be essential for developing effective therapies in regenerative medicine and cancer. Historically, the literature has linked cancer and tissue regeneration—proposing regeneration as both the source of cancer and a method to inhibit tumorigenesis. This review discusses two powerful regeneration models, the vertebrate urodele amphibians and invertebrate planarians, in light of cancer regulation. Urodele limb and eye lens regeneration is described, as well as the planarian's emergence as a molecular and genetic model system in which recent insights begin to molecularly dissect cancer and regeneration in adult tissues.Keywords
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