1. Intestinal homeostasis: a communication between life and death.
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Bao, Lingyu, Shi, Bingyin, and Shi, Yun-Bo
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HOMEOSTASIS , *EPITHELIAL cells , *CELL proliferation , *CELL death , *EXTRACELLULAR matrix , *CELL communication , *INTESTINES - Abstract
Organ homeostasis is essential for organ physiology and disease prevention. In adult vertebrates, the intestinal epithelium is maintained through constant cell proliferation in the crypt and apoptosis of differentiated epithelial cells, mainly at the tip of the villus. Based on studies with altered cell proliferation and tissue damage in the adult mouse intestine, we hypothesize that there is a communication between cell proliferation in the crypt and cell death on the villus, likely via cell–cell and cell-ECM (extracellular matrix) interactions, to coordinate the rate of cell proliferation and death, thus ensuring epithelial homeostasis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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