Niche Work When You Can Get It: Collagen XVII and the Melanocyte Stem Cell

    May 2011 in “ Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research ”
    Rasmus Freter
    Studysummary In this study, Tanimura et al. reported that loss of collagen XVII in mice leads to hair loss and pigmentation defects, potentially due to impaired TGF-beta signaling affecting melanocyte stem cell maintenance.
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