PubMed · 9552405
Intestinal cell cycle regulation.
Abstract
The intestinal epithelium is maintained by a balance between proliferation, differentiation and death that occurs as cells migrate up the crypt-villus axis. Cell cycle regulators such as cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) and Cdk inhibitory proteins are expressed in a distinct pattern along the crypt-villus structure, suggesting their role in controlling intestinal cells. This is supported by observations that these cell cycle proteins are regulated by growth factors, nutrients and cell-cell contact in cultured intestinal epithelial cells. One of the key regulators of intestinal cell proliferation and differentiation is transforming growth factor-beta, which is expressed in the gut epithelium.
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T C Ko, W A Bresnahan, E A Thompson. 1997. Intestinal cell cycle regulation.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5371-7_4
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