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Studies of intestinal stem cells using normal, chimeric, and transgenic mice 1
1 Sept 1992
Abstract excerpt
The mouse intestinal epithelium represents a continuous developmental system. Its four principal differentiated cell types--enterocytes, goblet, enteroendocrine, and Paneth cells--are derived from a common multipotent stem cell located near the base of monoclonal crypts. Members of these four lineages undergo rapid and perpetual renewal along an anatomically well-defined pathway. The gut epithelium provides a...
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