The isolation and culture of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) was first demonstrated in the very recent decade with the identification of ISC marker Lgr5. The growth of ISCs into crypt organoids provides an in vitro model for studying the mucosal physiology, intestinal cancer tumorigenesis, and intestinal regeneration. Here, we describe two different isolation protocols and demonstrate a fixation method that aids in the confocal observation of the organoids.
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Chen, Y., Li, C., Tsai, Y. H., & Tseng, S. H. (2019). Intestinal crypt organoid: Isolation of intestinal stem cells, in vitro culture, and optical observation. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1576, pp. 215–228). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/7651_2017_21
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