title: Expanding intestinal stem cells in culture.
abstract: Culturing intestinal stem cells into 3D organoids results in heterogeneous cell populations, reflecting the in vivo cell type diversity. In a recent paper published in Nature, Wang et al. established a culture condition for a highly homogeneous population of intestinal stem cells.
authors.affiliation: Hubrecht Institute, Royal Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) and University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Inha
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.affiliation: Hubrecht Institute, Royal Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW) and University Medical Centre Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Clevers
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000166:cytology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*