Development. Esophageal stem cells, where art thou?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1126/science.1227506 and PMC identifier 3762587.
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Abstract
The lumen of the esophagus is lined with a squamous stratified epithelium. In the model of Doupé <i>et al</i>. (based on the mouse esophageal epithelium), a single population of epithelial progenitor cells (yellow) is present above the basal lamina. The epithelium is maintained, under basal conditions, by these cells, which divide and produce both more progenitor cells or differentiate into the layers of the stratified epithelium
Medical subject headings
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Esophagus
- Regeneration
- Stem Cells