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Intestinal stem cells heterogeneity and clonal dominance during aging: two faces of the same coin?
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Jul 2020
Sirvinskas Dovydas, Annunziata Francesco, Neri Francesco
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Intestinal epithelium undergoes dysfunctions and diseases over time with an exponential increase in the elderly population. Recent studies reported that the intestinal stem cells (ISCs) show a functional decline during aging and a lack of an appropriate cell identity control. Increase of cell-to-cell heterogeneity is a hallmark of aging tissues and organs, however there is little experimental evidence with regard...
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