Component
Intestinal epithelial renewal
Intestinal epithelial renewal; model and exposure are recorded in linked claims.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Restricting Zip7 deletion to Lgr5-positive stem cells did not impair baseline epithelial homeostasis or crypt-derived organoid formation, unlike deletion across intestinal epithelial cells.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- cross_nutrient
- Mouse ZIP7 / Slc39a7 (affected_transporter)
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-signaling-sources/27736879.txt", "locator": "Results: Lgr5-positive cell-intrinsic ZIP7; supplemental Figure S4", "file_sha256": "4771f8b4a2b4e332b10bd2a5abef6f538cc38f4c85916b44ddab9f15679ed621"}
- experimental_model
- Conditional intestinal Zip7-deficient mice and organoids
- exposure
- Intestinal epithelial versus Lgr5-cell-specific deletion; zinc supplementation comparison.
- limitations
- Cell lineage and tissue context matter. Supplementation failing to rescue a transporter defect is not evidence that ordinary dietary zinc replacement fails.
- nutrient_topic
- Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Zinc
- organism
- Mus musculus
- plain_language
- The affected cell population changed the outcome of the same transporter loss.
- primary_references
- [zn-sig-27736879] Zinc Transporter SLC39A7/ZIP7 Promotes Intestinal Epithelial Self-Renewal by Resolving ER Stress. (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27736879/ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006349
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Intestinal crypts, progenitor cells and organoids
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Zinc: transport, enzyme loading, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1153–1165
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Conditional intestinal Zip7-deficient mice and organoids · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### zn-sig-zip7-lineage-null Restricting Zip7 deletion to Lgr5-positive stem cells did not impair baseline epithelial homeostasis or crypt-derived organoid formation, unlike deletion across intestinal epithelial cells. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Zinc research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The affected cell population changed the outcome of the same transporter loss. organism: Mus musculus tissue_or_cell_type: Intestinal crypts, progenitor cells and organoids experimental_model: Conditional intestinal Zip7-deficient mice and organoids limitations: Cell lineage and tissue context matter. Supplementation failing to rescue a transporter defect is not evidence that ordinary dietary zinc replacement fails. exposure: Intestinal epithelial versus Lgr5-cell-specific deletion; zinc supplementation comparison. cross_nutrient: Mouse ZIP7 / Slc39a7 (affected_transporter) evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/zinc-signaling-sources/27736879.txt", "locator": "Results: Lgr5-positive cell-intrinsic ZIP7; supplemental Figure S4", "file_sha256": "4771f8b4a2b4e332b10bd2a5abef6f538cc38f4c85916b44ddab9f15679ed621"} [zn-sig-27736879] Zinc Transporter SLC39A7/ZIP7 Promotes Intestinal Epithelial Self-Renewal by Resolving ER Stress. (2016). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27736879/ DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006349
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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