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A new identity for the elusive intestinal stem cell

Nature Genetics volume 40, pages 818–819 (2008)Cite this article

The tremendous regenerative power of the intestinal epithelium has attracted considerable attention to the crypt as a model for adult stem cell biology. A new study now identifies the Polycomb group protein Bmi1 as a specific marker of intestinal stem cells in vivo.

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Figure 1: Section of a mouse small intestine stained with hematoxylin and eosin.

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  1. Eduard Batlle is in the Institució Catalana de Recerca Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Oncology Programme at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Barcelona 08028, Spain. eduard.batlle@irbbarcelona.org,

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Batlle, E. A new identity for the elusive intestinal stem cell. Nat Genet 40, 818–819 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0708-818

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