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Age-related human small intestine methylation: evidence for stem cell niches
23 Jun 2005
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The small intestine is constructed of many crypts and villi, and mouse studies suggest that each crypt contains multiple stem cells. Very little is known about human small intestines because mouse fate mapping strategies are impractical in humans. However, it is theoretically possible that stem cell histories are inherently written within their genomes. Genomes appear to record histories (as...
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