March 2026 in “Scientific Data” This study mapped the genome-wide epigenetic landscape in secondary hair follicle stem cells of goats, revealing distinct histone modification signatures associated with cashmere fiber cycling during different stages of hair growth.
May 2026 in “Nature Communications” This study observed that the loss of H3K9me3, via the ablation of Suv39h1, Suv39h2, and Setdb1 in embryonic mouse epidermis, disrupts skin development processes such as keratinocyte differentiation and hair follicle formation, highlighting H3K9me3's crucial role in epidermal morphogenesis.
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December 2019 in “Stem Cell Reports” This study found that transient hypomethylation of histone H3 K4/9/27me3 is crucial for the proper dynamics of adult skin epithelial stem cells and effective tissue repair in mice.