Label-Retaining Cells and Reserve Stem Cells Are Mutually Exclusive (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Label-Retaining Cells and Reserve Stem Cells Are Mutually Exclusive

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Labeling experiments performed by University of Pennsylvania researchers confirmed that, in the intestines, label-retaining cells (in green) are distinct from the indispensable, injury- and mutation-resistant reserve stem cell (in red).

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