research Defining the Cellular Environment in the Organ of Corti Following Extensive Hair Cell Loss: A Basis for Future Sensory Cell Replacement in the Cochlea 71 citations, January 2012 in “PloS one” The conclusion is that genetic differences affect how the cochlea heals after hair cell loss, which may challenge the creation of hearing loss treatments.
research Rps14 Upregulation Promotes Inner Ear Progenitor Proliferation and Hair Cell Regeneration in the Neonatal Mouse Cochlea September 2022 in “Research Square (Research Square)” Increasing Rps14 helps grow more inner ear cells and repair hearing cells in baby mice.
research Follistatin Promotes LIN28B-Mediated Supporting Cell Reprogramming and Hair Cell Regeneration in the Murine Cochlea 16 citations, February 2022 in “Science Advances” Follistatin and LIN28B together improve the ability of inner ear cells in mice to regenerate into hearing cells.
research A Counter Gradient of Activin A and Follistatin Instructs the Timing of Hair Cell Differentiation in the Murine Cochlea 15 citations, June 2019 in “eLife” Activin A and follistatin control when hair cells develop in mouse ears.
research Molecular Mechanisms of Type II Spiral Ganglion Neuron Development April 2023 in “Journal of clinical and translational science”