Asymmetrical Cell Division (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Asymmetrical Cell Division

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T stem cells normally undergo asymmetric cell division (left) whereby one daughter cell becomes a long-lived memory T cell.  When autophagy is disrupted, both daughter cells inherit old mitochondria (red) and become effector T-cells (right).

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