Distinct stem/progenitor cells generate intestinal epithelium during fetal and postnatal life. In a recent issue of Nature, Nusse and Savage et al. use helminth infection to show that Lgr5 intestinal stem cells are replaced by fetal-like progenitors following injury, suggesting that some fetal developmental pathways are repurposed during injury-induced tissue regeneration.
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