The Myofibroblasts' War on Drugs

Jens Puschhof; Hans Clevers

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2018.09.008

The Myofibroblasts' War on Drugs

Dev Cell. 2018 Sep 24;46(6):669-670. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.09.008.

Authors

Jens Puschhof¹, Hans Clevers²

Affiliations

¹ Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
² Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Princess Máxima Centre, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: h.clevers@hubrecht.eu.

PMID: 30253163
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.09.008

Abstract

The intestinal lining faces a constant assault from harmful gut contents. A study by Chee and colleagues in this issue of Developmental Cell describes how a population of myofibroblasts resists these threats and boosts regeneration of the intestinal epithelium.

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MeSH terms

Intestinal Mucosa*
Intestines
Myofibroblasts*