Luminal-contact-inhibition of epithelial basal stem cell multipotency in prostate organogenesis and homeostasis
Prostate epithelial basal cells are highly plastic in their luminal differentiation capability.Basal stem cells actively produce luminal cells during organogenesis, but become restricted in the adult prostate unless receiving oncogenic or inflammatory stimuli.Given that the number of luminal cells increases relative to basal cells through developme