A model of the control of cellular regeneration in the intestinal crypt after perturbation based solely on local stem cell regulation

Abstract. The control mechanisms involved in regeneration of murine intestinal crypts after perturbations are presently not well understood. The existence of some feedback signals from the cells on the villus to the cells in the crypt has been suggested. However, some recent experimental data point to the fact that regeneration in the crypt starts very early after perturbation, at a time when the villus cell population has hardly changed. In particular, this early cell proliferative activity is seen specifically at the bottom of the crypt, i.e. in the presumed stem cell zone and furthest from the villus.

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