The Overexpression of Tβ4 in the Hair Follicle Tissue of Alpas Cashmere Goats Increases Cashmere Yield and Promotes Hair Follicle Development

December 2019 in “ Animals ”

Bai Dai, Hao Liang, Dongdong Guo, Zhao-Wei Bi, Jiangzi Yuan, Yifeng Jin, Huan Lei, Xudong Guo, Ming Cang, Dongjun Liu

Thymosin beta-4 Tβ4 hair follicle development cashmere yield secondary hair follicles keratin type II cytoskeletal 4 epidermal KRT4 ERK signaling pathway skin transcriptome proteome hair growth keratin ERK pathway

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Studysummary In this study, cashmere goats engineered to overexpress the Tβ4 gene in hair follicles produced more cashmere, indicating that Tβ4 promotes secondary hair follicle development and enhances yield.

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