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. 2021 Jun 11;17(6):1975–1992. doi: 10.1007/s12015-021-10199-7

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Yin-yang of pluripotency. While stemness and pluripotency in the early embryo are crucial factors in creating a new being, the activation of pluripotency in some cells, such as very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) and tissue-specific stem cells in adult tissues leads to formation of cancerous cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs)