Stem cell dynamics in homeostasis and cancer of the intestine

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 468-480

  Vermeulen, Louis ^a,b   Snippert, Hugo J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXPANSION; CELL FATE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84903266278     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3744     Document Type: Review

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