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. 2003 Aug 20;2003(3):170–193. doi: 10.1155/S1110724303209165

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Six stages in the stem cell life cycle. In the simplest scenario, the life cycle of cells in a stem cell system involves at least six stages. This begins with the cycle of stem cell activation and cell division producing a progenitor cell and self-renewal of the stem cell, but is continuous with the process of proliferation of progenitors, migration, differentiation, and eventual apoptosis or cell death.