Effect of Beta-Catenin on Regulating Hair Follicle Cells' Proliferation

January 2006 in “ Chieh P'ou Hsueh Pao ”

Wenying Qiu, Yuanyuan Xu, Zenglu Xu

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Studysummary In this study, the researchers observed that transfecting hair follicle cells with an amino-terminal truncated beta-catenin gene significantly increased cell proliferation, potentially by enhancing c-myc gene expression.

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