Characterization of Lrig1+ colonic stem/progenitor cells and their transformative capacity
The intestinal epithelium is a continuously renewing tissue. This rapid renewal is fueled by stem cells that reside in the base of the crypts of Lieberkühn, the functional unit of the intestinal epithelium. The identity of intestinal stem cells has been the subject of over fifty years of ongoing inv...
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2015
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Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03172015-122924/ |