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Microenvironmental control of stem cell fate in intestinal homeostasis and disease.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Oct 2015
Biswas Sujata, Davis Hayley, Irshad Shazia, Sandberg Tessa, Worthley Daniel, Leedham Simon
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The conventional model of intestinal epithelial architecture describes a unidirectional tissue organizational hierarchy with stem cells situated at the crypt base and daughter cells proliferating and terminally differentiating as they progress along the vertical (crypt-luminal) axis. In this model, the fate of a cell that has left the niche is determined and its lifespan limited. Evidence is accumulating to...
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