Brg1 Governs a Positive Feedback Circuit in the Hair Follicle for Tissue Regeneration and Repair

    April 2013 in “ Developmental Cell ”
    Yiqin Xiong, Wei Li, Ching Shang … Ching Pin Chang
    Studysummary This study found that Brg1, a chromatin-remodeling enzyme, plays a critical role in hair regeneration and early epidermal repair by regulating bulge stem cells through a Brg1-Shh interaction.
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