Concise review: The Yin and Yang of intestinal (Cancer) stem cells and their progenitors

Stem Cells

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2287-2295

  Stange, Daniel E ^a,b   Clevers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Cancer stem cells; Intestinal stem cells; Transgenic mouse models

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; REVIEW; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; CANCER STEM CELLS; INTESTINAL STEM CELLS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE MODELS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84887859170     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1475     Document Type: Review

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