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Fig. 2 | Cell Regeneration

Fig. 2

From: The cellular niche for intestinal stem cells: a team effort

Fig. 2

The ISC compartment and mesenchymal niche cells. a A schematic showing the cellular composition of the intestinal epithelium and the mesenchymal layer right beneath the epithelium. The ISCs are located at the bottom of crypt and are interspersed between Paneth cells. In the sub-epithelial compartment, the large flat telocytes form a sub-epithelial network to envelop the entire epithelium. The two clustered telocyte regions are found at the crypt-villus boundary and the villus tip. The trophocyte cluster is located at the pericryptal region, 2–3 cell diameters away from the pericryptal telocytes. b The enlarged view of the crypt

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