Fusion of intestinal epithelial cells with bone marrow derived cells is dispensable for tissue homeostasis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Jong, Joan H ^a   Rodermond, Hans M ^a   Zimberlin, Cheryl D ^a   Lascano, Valeria ^a   De Sousa E Melo, Felipe ^a   Richel, Dick J ^b   Medema, Jan Paul ^a   Vermeulen, Louis ^a  

^a Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology (LEXOR)   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL FUSION; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL FUSION; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84859768541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00271     Document Type: Article

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