Immune Cell-Mediated Amplification of Stem Cell Activation in Hairy Melanocytic Nevus via Osteopontin-CD44 Axis

July 2024 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

Lingling Wang, Rommel Thiago Jucá Ramos, Axel A. Almet, Nitish Udupi Shettigar, Qing Nie, Maksim V. Plikus

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hairy melanocytic nevus Osteopontin CD44 hair follicle stem cells senescent melanocytes myeloid cells gamma-secretase activating protein GSAP senescence-associated secreted phenotypes SASP

Studysummary Immune cells boost stem cell activity in hairy moles, causing more hair growth.

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