To develop stem cell therapy for small intestinal (SI) diseases, it is essential to determine whether SI stem cells in culture retain their tissue regeneration capabilities. By using a heterotopic transplantation approach, we show that cultured murine SI epithelial organoids are able to reconstitute self-renewing epithelia in the colon. When stably integrated, the SI-derived grafts show many features unique only to the SI but distinct from the colonic epithelium. Our study provides evidence that cultured adult SI stem cells could be a source for cell therapy of intestinal diseases, maintaining their identity along the gastrointestinal tract through an epithelium-intrinsic mechanism. © 2014 Fukuda et al.
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Fukuda, M., Mizutani, T., Mochizuki, W., Matsumoto, T., Nozaki, K., Sakamaki, Y., … Nakamura, T. (2014). Small intestinal stem cell identity is maintained with functional Paneth cells in heterotopically grafted epithelium onto the colon. Genes and Development, 28(16), 1752–1757. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.245233.114
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