Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprint
Activin/TGF-beta signaling levels coordinate whole-body regeneration with genotoxic stress in Schmidtea mediterranea
Haleigh Brownlee, Amit Dubey, Nirurita Mahadev…·Blair W. Benham-Pyle
The paper shows that activin/TGF-beta signaling inhibits regeneration after radiation in planarians, but its depletion restores regeneration by increasing stem cell proliferation despite DNA damage.
DOI 10.64898/2025.12.29.696926