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Drosophila midgut homeostasis involves neutral competition between symmetrically dividing intestinal stem cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22522699     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The Drosophila adult posterior midgut has been identified as a powerful system in which to study mechanisms that control intestinal maintenance, in normal conditions as well as during injury or infection. Early work on this system has established a model of tissue turnover based on the asymmetric division of intestinal stem cells. From the quantitative analysis of clonal fate data, we show that tissue turnover involves the neutral competition of symmetrically dividing stem cells. This competition leads to stem-cell loss and replacement, resulting in neutral drift dynamics of the clonal population. As well as providing new insight into the mechanisms regulating tissue self-renewal, these findings establish intriguing parallels with the mammalian system, and confirm Drosophila as a useful model for studying adult intestinal maintenance.
Authors:
Joaquín de Navascués; Carolina N Perdigoto; Yu Bian; Markus H Schneider; Allison J Bardin; Alfonso Martínez-Arias; Benjamin D Simons
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2012-04-20
Journal Detail:
Title:  The EMBO journal     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1460-2075     ISO Abbreviation:  EMBO J.     Publication Date:  2012 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-05-31     Completed Date:  2012-08-13     Revised Date:  2013-05-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8208664     Medline TA:  EMBO J     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2473-85     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Differentiation / physiology
Cell Division*
Cell Lineage / physiology
Cell Proliferation
Drosophila melanogaster / cytology,  physiology*
Female
Homeostasis / physiology*
Intestines / cytology,  physiology*
Stem Cells / cytology,  physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Wellcome Trust
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
EMBO J. 2012 May 30;31(11):2441-3   [PMID:  22580826 ]

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