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Barrett's metaplasia glands are clonal, contain multiple stem cells and share a common squamous progenitor.
Gut - 1 Oct 2012
Nicholson Anna M, Graham Trevor A, Simpson Ashley, Humphries Adam, Burch Nicola, Rodriguez-Justo Manuel, Novelli Marco, Harrison Rebecca, Wright Nicholas A, McDonald Stuart A C, Jankowski Janusz A
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the stem cell organisation of the normal oesophagus or Barrett's metaplastic oesophagus. Using non-pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations as clonal markers, the authors reveal the stem cell organisation of the human squamous oesophagus and of Barrett's metaplasia and determine the mechanism of clonal expansion of mutations. METHODS: Mutated cells were identified using enzyme...
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