Wencheng Zhang, Xicheng Wang, Giacomo Lanzoni, Eliane Wauthier, Sean Simpson, Jennifer Ashley Ezzell, Amanda Allen, Carolyn Suitt, Jonah Krolik, Alexander Jhirad, Juan Dominguez-Bendala, Vincenzo Cardinale, Domenico Alvaro, Diletta Overi, Eugenio Gaudio, Praveen Sethupathy, Guido Carpino, Christopher Adin, Jorge A Piedrahita, Kyle Mathews, Zhiying He, Lola McAdams Reid
A network of co-hepato/pancreatic stem/progenitors exists in pigs and humans in Brunner's Glands in the submucosa of the duodenum, in peribiliary glands (PBGs) of intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary trees, and in pancreatic duct glands (PDGs) of intrapancreatic biliary trees, collectively supporting hepatic and pancreatic regeneration postnatally. The network is found in humans postnatally throughout life and, so far, has been demonstrated in pigs postnatally at least through to young adulthood. These stem/progenitors in vivo in pigs are in highest numbers in Brunner's Glands and in PDGs nearest the duodenum, and in humans are in Brunner's Glands and in PBGs in the hepato/pancreatic common duct, a duct missing postnatally in pigs...
August 1, 2023: NPJ Regenerative Medicine