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Table 2 Gastric stem and progenitor cell markers

From: Helicobacter pylori infection induced gastric cancer; advance in gastric stem cell research and the remaining challenges

Name

Location

Function

Reference

Lgr5

Antral, gland base

Give rise to gastric unit, all four types of cells

[23]

Villin-promoter

Antral, gland base

Give rise to gastric unit, all four types of cells

[24]

Tff2 mRNA

Corpus, gland base

Give rise to only parietal, neck, and chief cells

[27]

Mist1 (BHLHA15)

Corpus, gland base

Chief cell for SPEM generation

[28]

  1. Lgr5 leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor5 (Lgr5); Villin-promoter Villin-promoter marked stem cells; Tff2 mRNA, Trifold factor 2 mRNA marked stem cells; Mist1 (BHLHA15), basic helix-loop-helix family, member a15.
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Gut Pathogens

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