Mex3a Marks a Slowly Dividing Subpopulation of Lgr5+ Intestinal Stem Cells

Cell Stem Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 801-816.e7

  Barriga, Francisco M ^a   Montagni, Elisa ^a   Mana, Miyeko ^d   Mendez Lago, Maria ^e,f   Hernando Momblona, Xavier ^a   Sevillano, Marta ^a   Guillaumet Adkins, Amy ^e,f   Rodriguez Esteban, Gustavo ^e,f   Buczacki, Simon J A ^b   Gut, Marta ^e,f   Heyn, Holger ^e,f   Winton, Douglas J ^b   Yilmaz, Omer H ^d   Attolini, Camille Stephan Otto ^a   Gut, Ivo ^e,f   Batlle, Eduard ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b CANCER RESEARCH UK CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

chemotherapy resistance; Lgr5+ ISC heterogeneity; quiescent stem cell

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN MEX3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LGR5 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL KINETICS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINAL STEM CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LGR5+ STEM CELL LINE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 85014726810     PISSN: 19345909     EISSN: 18759777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.02.007     Document Type: Article

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