Intestinal homeostasis: a communication between life and death
Abstract Organ homeostasis is essential for organ physiology and disease prevention. In adult vertebrates, the intestinal epithelium is maintained through constant cell proliferation in the crypt and apoptosis of differentiated epithelial cells, mainly at the tip of the villus. Based on studies with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Cell & Bioscience |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13578-020-00429-9 |