Identifying the Stem Cell of the Intestinal Crypt: Strategies and Pitfalls
Decades ago, two nonoverlapping crypt stem cell populations were proposed: Leblond's Crypt Base Columnar (CBC) cell and Potten's +4 cell. The identification of CBC markers including Lgr5 has confirmed Leblond's predictions that CBC cells are anatomically distinct, long-lived stem cell...
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Elsevier,
2014-12-01T17:17:48Z.
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