Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Adult Intestinal Stem Cell Development: Mechanisms and Evolutionary Conservations

<p>The adult mammalian intestine has long been used as a model to study adult stem cell function and tissue renewal as the intestinal epithelium is constantly undergoing self-renewal throughout adult life. This is accomplished through the proliferation and subsequent differentiation of the adu...

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Main Author: Guihong Sun, Yun-Bo Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.biolsci.org/v08p1217.htm