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Regulation of stemness in the intestinal stem-cell niche. During normal maintenance of the stem-cell niche several signalling gradients are established that either promote stemness (Wnt) or differentiation (BMP) (a). Multiple signal pathway agonists and antagonists are active in the intestinal crypts that are also used during in vitro culture to simulate the crypt niche environment (b).
