Figure 2: Generation of hair cells from embryonic stem-cells
Transplanted precursor cells of hair cells are integrated into the sensory epithelium and differentiate to become hair cells. The cylindrical hair cells (here in longitudinal section, and in green) feature bundles of sensory hairs (yellow, F-actin and epsin, superposed confocal images). From Li et al. 2003 [126], PNAS, © 2003 National Academy of Sciences, USA, with kind permission of the author and publishers.