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Lgr5+ telocytes are a signaling source at the intestinal villus tip

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Published in 2020 at "Nature Communications"

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15714-x

Abstract: The intestinal epithelium is a structured organ composed of crypts harboring Lgr5+ stem cells, and villi harboring differentiated cells. Spatial transcriptomics have demonstrated profound zonation of epithelial gene expression along the villus axis, but the… read more here.

Keywords: villus axis; lgr5 telocytes; villus tip; expression ... See more keywords