Chronic TNFα - driven injury delays cell migration to villi in the intestinal epithelium
The intestinal epithelium is a single layer of cells which provides the first line of defence of the intestinal mucosa to bacterial infection. Cohesion of this physical barrier is supported by renewal of epithelial stem cells, residing in invaginations called crypts, and by crypt cell migration onto...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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Royal Society
2018
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