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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Immunol Rev. 2007 Feb;215:10.1111/j.1600-065X.2006.00484.x. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2006.00484.x

Fig. 3. Crypt–villus axis.

Fig. 3

Schematic representation of the crypt–villus. Stem cells are located near the crypt bottom. They divide bidirectionally and slowly differentiate into Paneth cells at the bottom or into enterocytes, absorptive cells, and enteroendocrine cells along the villus axis.