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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Eduard Batlle
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-31257 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Jung Peter P Sato Toshiro T Merlos-Suárez Anna A Barriga Francisco M FM Iglesias Mar M Rossell David D Auer Herbert H Gallardo Mercedes M Blasco Maria A MA Sancho Elena E Clevers Hans H Batlle Eduard E
Nature medicine 20110904 10
Here we describe the isolation of stem cells of the human colonic epithelium. Differential cell surface abundance of ephrin type-B receptor 2 (EPHB2) allows the purification of different cell types from human colon mucosa biopsies. The highest EPHB2 surface levels correspond to epithelial colonic cells with the longest telomeres and elevated expression of intestinal stem cell (ISC) marker genes. Moreover, using culturing conditions that recreate the ISC niche, a substantial proportion of EPHB2-h ...[more]