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Aug 2026
Intestinal bacteria hijack an evolutionarily conserved epithelial repair signal
Hypoxanthine is a potent promoter of epithelial cell repair in both gut and skin across the phylogenetic tree including humans, mice, zebrafish, and fruit flies and promotes similar ATP production and cellular proliferation in eukaryotic and microbial recipients.
Sam Benson, Priscilla Chin, Sebastian Rogatti et al.
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