181 citations
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December 2017 in “Trends in immunology” This review discusses the roles and interactions of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes in maintaining mucosal barrier integrity and highlights how their dysregulated responses may contribute to intestinal pathologies.
137 citations
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April 2015 in “Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology” This review discusses the distinct roles and surprising developmental flexibility of multiple somatic stem cell types in tissue maintenance and repair, reporting no new results but highlighting emerging questions about their regulation and origins.
91 citations
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December 2019 in “The EMBO Journal” This study found that the E3 ligases NEDD4 and NEDD4L regulate intestinal stem cell priming by degrading the LGR5 receptor, and their loss leads to increased Wnt activation and crypt proliferation, which in turn accelerates intestinal tumor progression in mice.
82 citations
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August 2017 in “Cell Reports” This study found that antibiotic-induced gut dysbiosis, particularly overgrowth of Lactobacillus murinus, can lead to hair loss in mice by depleting biotin.
37 citations
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October 2021 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” This study suggests that inflammation in the skin can exacerbate intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases by activating fibroblasts in the colon through hyaluronan fragments released during skin inflammation.