Postnatal epithelial growth of the small intestine in the rat occurs by both crypt fission and crypt hyperplasia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 718-723

  Cummins, Adrian G ^a   Jones, Ben J ^a   Thompson, Fiona M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crypt fission; Crypt hyperplasia; Growth of the small intestine; Intestinal stem cells

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; MICRODISSECTION; MITOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645856774     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3197-9     Document Type: Article

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