Quiescent

... are a very small number of stem cells in each tissue. Stem cells are thought to reside in a specific area of each tissue where they may remain quiescent (non-dividing) for many years until they are activated by disease or tissue injury. The adult tissues reported to contain stem cells include ...

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... Hair grows in cycles of various phases: anagen is the growth phase; catagen is the involuting or regressing phase; and telogen, the resting or quiescent phase. Each phase has several morphologically and histologically distinguishable sub-phases. Prior to the start of cycling is a phase of follicular ...

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... increase c-myc expression as an immediate early response gene. c-myc expression persists into the cell cycle, but then returns to its basal quiescent state in resultant resting daughter cells. Abnormal or ectopic overexpression of c-myc in primary cells activates a protective pathway through ...

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