Signalling tissue renewal and crypt survival in the human colonic epithelium and Barrett's oesophagus

Stem cell driven tissue renewal in the intestinal epithelium is a tightly regulated and controlled process. The colonic epithelium is organised into millions of invaginations called crypts, each of which represents the self-renewing unit of the tissue. In the mouse, renewal of the intestinal epithel...

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Main Author: Wharton, Natalia
Published: University of East Anglia 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590756