Colon Crypts (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Colon Crypts

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This is a picture of a schematic of colonic epithelial tissue. Crypt units are pointed down, flat surface faces center of the gut tube. Stem cells are red, progenitor cells are pink, differentiated cells are grey, blue and green. Yellow cells are stem cell niche cells. Lumenal surface is above crypts.

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Scott Magness, PhD, UNC School of Medicine

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