Scratching the Surface of Skin Development
February 2007
in “
Nature
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hair follicle regeneration wound healing multipotent embryonic progenitor keratinocytes Wnt signaling pathway BMPs FGFs Shh hair follicle morphogenesis hair growth cycle follicle stem cells c-myc expression alopecia c-Myc LHX2 BLIMP1 sebaceous gland development epidermal homeostasis skin stem cells regenerative medicine stem cells Wnt bone morphogenetic proteins fibroblast growth factors sonic hedgehog c-myc hair loss sebaceous glands skin balance
Studysummary This review explores how adult skin epithelia preserve stem cell populations for hair follicle regeneration and wound healing, but reports no new experimental results.
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