Bone Marrow Derivation of Interstitial Cells of Cajal in Small Intestine Following Intestinal Injury

Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) in gastrointestinal tract are specialized cells serving as pacemaker cells. The origin of ICCs is currently not fully characterized. In this work, we aimed to study whether bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) could contribute to the origin of ICCs in the muscular ple...

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Main Authors: Dengqun Liu, Fengchao Wang, Zhongmin Zou, Shiwu Dong, Junping Wang, Xinze Ran, Chunxue Li, Chunmeng Shi, Yongping Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/164986