Lgr5⁺ ductal cells of von Ebner’s glands: Candidate stem cells for turnover of posterior tongue taste buds

• Theresa A. Harrison,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Anthony M. Downs,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Alexandria J. Slepian,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Foresight Diagnostics, Boulder, CO, United States of America.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Johan H. van Es,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Hans Clevers,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Dennis M. Defoe

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: defoe@etsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5896-4430

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