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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Nutr. 2016 Jul 17;36:543–570. doi: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071715-051039

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Culturing of colonic organoids. Colonic crypts, isolated from the colon by ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) treatment, are cultured in Matrigel 3D matrix in media containing a mixture of recombinant growth factors. All cell lineages in the crypt are recapitulated in the developing organoid.