41 citations
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October 2008 in “The American journal of pathology”
This study found that reducing BMP signaling in mouse nipple epithelia, achieved through Noggin overexpression, can convert them into hairy skin with pilosebaceous units.
5 citations
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January 2022 in “Health Science Reports”
This study observed that GREM2 was specifically and robustly expressed in the dermal sheath cup of hair follicles during various hair cycle phases, suggesting its significant role in regulating hair cycling processes through BMP signaling.
176 citations
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January 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
This review summarizes the roles of bonemorphogeneticproteins in the development and regulation of normal and diseased skin, but it does not provide new clinical results.
This study found that active BMP signaling prevents epithelial stem cell activation and expansion in hair follicles, while its inhibition leads to HF stem/progenitor cell overproduction and matricomas.