Isolation and in vitro expansion of human colonic stem cells

2015-01-13

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Abstract
Here we describe the isolation of stem cells of the human colonic epithelium. Differential cell surface abundance of ephrin type-B receptor 2 (EPHB2) allows the purification of different cell types from human colon mucosa biopsies. The highest EPHB2 surface levels correspond to epithelial colonic cells with the longest telomeres and elevated expression of intestinal stem cell (ISC) marker genes. Moreover, using culturing conditions that recreate the ISC niche, a substantial proportion of EPHB2-high cells can be expanded in vitro as an undifferentiated and multipotent population.

Some notes
-nature medicine brief communication paper
-Spain Netherland Japan paper
-corresponding author: aduard batlle
-Collectively, these data represent what is to our knowledge the first 
isolation, characterization and in vitro expansion of a cell popula-
tion largely enriched in human CoSCs.
-CoSc: colon stem cells

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