00726nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653001800058653001200076100001300088245007000101300000900171490000800180520036600188022001400554       2013                            d  c2013 Jan 1710aSchwann Cells10aleprosy1 aWegner M00aMighty bugs: leprosy bacteria turn schwann cells into stem cells.  a15-60 v1523 aFor intracellular parasites that strongly prefer infecting a particular cell type, systemic spread is challenging. Masaki et al. show that the leprosy bacterium cleverly expands its repertoire by driving dedifferentiation of Schwann cells, their preferred host, to cells with stem cell properties that can subsequently redifferentiate into mesodermal lineages.  a1097-4172