Retinoic Acid-Induced Epidermal Transdifferentiation in Skin

    June 2014 in “ Journal of developmental biology ”
    Yoshihiro Akimoto, Mary Miyaji, Riyo Morimoto-Kamata … Akiko Obinata
    Studysummary This study found that retinoic acid induces epidermal transdifferentiation into mucosal epithelium in both chick and mammalian embryonic skin, involving specific gene expressions and pathways.
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