On the utility of a compartmental population kinetics model of intestinal epithelial stem cell proliferation and differentiation
Abstract Background The small intestinal epithelium is a dynamic system with specialized cell types. The various cell populations of this tissue are continually renewed and replenished from stem cells that reside in the small intestinal crypt. The cell types and their locations in the crypt and vill...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-12-01
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Series: | Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12976-017-0071-8 |