Type 3 innate lymphoid cells maintain intestinal epithelial stem cells after tissue damage
Disruption of the intestinal epithelial barrier allows bacterial translocation and predisposes to destructive inflammation. To ensure proper barrier composition, crypt-residing stem cells continuously proliferate and replenish all intestinal epithelial cells within days. As a consequence of this hig...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Rockefeller University Press
2015
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