Adhesion Molecules in Skin Development: Morphogenesis of Feather and Hair

This study analyzed the distribution of adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix components in human fetal skin, suggesting their roles in hair follicle development.

This study found that adhesion molecules, specifically integrins and cadherins, are crucial for the down growth and proliferation of hair follicles in human embryos and fetuses.

Cell movements and forces shape feather growth in chicken skin.

This review discusses novel molecular techniques in skin appendage research and summarizes the distribution of key molecules, but it reports no new experimental results.

This study revealed that during avian skin development, complex tissue architecture results from specific cellular flows and mechanical processes that guide feather bud protrusion and elongation, with distinct differences noted in scale development, where rigidity restricts such transformations.