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. 2020 Jul 6;319(2):G189–G196. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00084.2020

Table 2.

Exemplary intestinal epithelial lineage-restricted transcription factors

Transcription Factor
Expressed in all or most epithelial cells
    Hnf4a
    Hnf4g
    Cdx2
    Gata4
    Gata6
Enriched in resting and regenerating ISCs
    Ascl2
Enriched in enterocytes
    Hes1
    Klf5 (enriched in crypt cells, including ISCs)
Enriched in secretory-fated cells
    Atoh1
    Spdef
    Gfi1
    Neurog3(enriched in endocrine cells)
    Neurod1(enriched in endocrine cells)
    Klf4 (enriched in goblet cells)

ISC, intestinal stem cells.