To play Paneth or goblet: Shapeshifting secretory cells read the room.

Choi, Irene V; Zwick, Rachel K · Cell Stem Cell · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The intestinal secretory lineage is thought to comprise four distinct cell types derived from one Atoh1<sup>+</sup> progenitor, but the mechanisms that distinguish Paneth and goblet cells are unclear. Bhattacharya et al.<sup>1</sup> argue that these cells are instead phenotypic manifestations of a common terminal Atoh1<sup>+</sup> cell, actively shaped by niche-derived signals.

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