A Single Progenitor Population Switches Behavior to Maintain and Repair Esophageal Epithelium

Diseases of the esophageal epithelium (EE), such as reflux esophagitis and cancer, are rising in incidence. Despite this, the cellular behaviors underlying EE homeostasis and repair remain controversial. Here, we show that in mice, EE is maintained by a single population of cells that divide stochas...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2012-08, Vol.337 (6098), p.1091-1093
Hauptverfasser: Doupé, David P., Alcolea, Maria P., Roshan, Amit, Zhang, Gen, Klein, Allon M., Simons, Benjamin D., Jones, Philip H.
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