CREPT is required for murine stem cell maintenance during intestinal regeneration

The role of CREPT, a recently identified tumor-promoting gene, outside of tumors is unclear. Here, the authors identify CREPT as maintaining murine intestinal stem cells, with embryonic deletion causing impaired cell proliferation and regeneration.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liu Yang, Haiyan Yang, Yunxiang Chu, Yunhao Song, Lidan Ding, Bingtao Zhu, Wanli Zhai, Xuning Wang, Yanshen Kuang, Fangli Ren, Baoqing Jia, Wei Wu, Xiongjun Ye, Yinyin Wang, Zhijie Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20636-9