NG2 Proteoglycan Expression in Mouse Skin: Altered Postnatal Skin Development in the NG2 Null Mouse

November 2007 in “ Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry ”

Kuniko Kadoya, Jun‐ichi Fukushi, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Yu Yamaguchi, William B. Stallcup

NG2 proteoglycan hair follicle stem cells keratinocyte proliferation adipocyte deficiencies

Studysummary This study found that in neonatal mice, the absence of the NG2 proteoglycan leads to reduced epidermal thickness and delayed subcutis thickening due to impaired proliferation and adipocyte deficiencies.

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