R-spondin 3 promotes stem cell recovery and epithelial regeneration in the colon

Epithelial turnover in the colon requires stem cells in the crypt that express the R-spondin receptor Lgr5. Here, the authors show that regeneration after colon injury involving loss of Lgr5+ and Axin2+ cells requires stromal derived Rspo3-dependent reprogramming of Lgr4+ differentiated cells, inclu...

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Main Authors: Christine Harnack, Hilmar Berger, Agne Antanaviciute, Ramon Vidal, Sascha Sauer, Alison Simmons, Thomas F. Meyer, Michael Sigal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12349-5