Foxl1-Expressing Mesenchymal Cells Constitute the Intestinal Stem Cell Niche

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 175-188

  Aoki, Reina ^a   Shoshkes Carmel, Michal ^a   Gao, Nan ^a   Shin, Soona ^a   May, Catherine L ^a   Golson, Maria L ^a   Zahm, Adam M ^a   Ray, Michael ^b   Wiser, Caroline L ^b   Wright, Christopher V E ^b   Kaestner, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal Stem Cell Niche; Mesenchyme; Wnt

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL NICHE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84975748266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2352345X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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