Lymphotoxin-Beta Regulates Periderm Differentiation During Embryonic Skin Development

August 2007 in “ Human Molecular Genetics ”

Chang‐Yi Cui, Makoto Kunisada, Diana Esibizione, Sergei I. Grivennikov, Yulan Piao, Sergei A. Nedospasov, David Schlessinger

Lymphotoxin-β periderm differentiation embryonic skin development epidermal differentiation hair follicle differentiation keratins EDA signaling

Studysummary This study found that Lymphotoxin-beta primarily influences periderm differentiation, impacting epidermal and hair follicle differentiation at later stages.

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