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Gastrointestinal stem cells.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jul 2002
Brittan Mairi, Wright Nicholas A
Abstract excerpt
Turnover of the epithelial cell lineages within the gastrointestinal tract is a constant process, occurring every 2-7 days under normal homeostasis and increasing after damage. This process is regulated by multipotent stem cells, which give rise to all gastrointestinal epithelial cell lineages and can regenerate whole intestinal crypts and gastric glands. The stem cells of the gastrointestinal tract are as yet...
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