January 2008 in “Deep Blue (University of Michigan)” This study found that Hedgehog-driven skin tumorigenesis is dependent on the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway and suggests that targeting Wnt ligands could be a potential therapeutic strategy.
198 citations
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March 1999 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that keratin 15 expression is downregulated in hyperproliferative conditions like psoriasis and hypertrophic scars, suggesting it is not compatible with keratinocyte activation.
8 citations
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July 2015 in “European journal of histochemistry” This study found that Sox9 was variably expressed in most canine skin neoplasms, particularly in those originating from the hair follicle's bulge region, suggesting its potential as a stem cell marker.
30 citations
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September 2000 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This study reports that the fatty acid composition in cell membranes of stratified squamous epithelium varies with keratinization patterns, showing a partial essential fatty acid-deficient state in cultured keratinocytes.
August 2021 in “Annals of pathology and laboratory medicine” This study observed that benign skin tumors were more common than malignant ones, with squamous cell carcinoma being the most frequent type among malignant tumors.
23 citations
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July 2007 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that follicular stem cells in hair follicles are more sensitive to the antiproliferative effects of glucocorticoids compared to basal keratinocytes due to incomplete desensitization.
2 citations
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March 2019 in “Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry” This study found that NNAT is localized in both undifferentiated and differentiated cells across various rat tissues and has cell-specific intracellular localization, suggesting distinct functional roles.
120 citations
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August 2008 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that C8/144B antibody exclusively binds to the hair follicle bulge and not the epidermal stratum basale, with cytokeratin 19 serving as a key marker of certain basal keratinocytes that decrease with age.
266 citations
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January 2016 in “Development” In this study, researchers found that YAP and TAZ, when localized in the nucleus of basal layer cells, are crucial for skin regeneration and hair growth, with their loss leading to slower cell proliferation, hair loss, and impaired wound healing in mice.
198 citations
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November 1989 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study reported that K14 expression patterns and keratin filament organization in human skin's hair follicles differ from those in the epidermis, indicating distinct differentiation programs.
32 citations
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February 1998 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study reports the cloning and sequencing of two type II hair-specific keratin genes, ghHb1 and ghHb6, located on chromosome 12q13, which are expressed during hair growth.
January 2006 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review discusses the regeneration capabilities of various vertebrate tissues, focusing on the unique ability of certain species to regenerate teeth and lens, and reports no new results.
232 citations
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January 2013 in “Nature Cell Biology” Understanding where cancer cells come from helps create better prevention and treatment methods.
November 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that conditional deletion of Mof in mice resulted in severe defects in skin development, including compromised epidermal differentiation and hair growth, leading to perinatal lethality.
184 citations
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September 2006 in “PLoS Genetics” This study found that loss of Apc due to K14-cre-mediated gene recombination in mice led to aberrant growth in ectodermally derived squamous epithelia, implicating its critical role in specifying epithelial cell fates during embryonic development.
46 citations
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December 1998 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study found that keratin 19, unlike keratin 14, forms less stable filaments with keratin 5, suggesting distinct assembly properties and potential unique roles in skin basal cells.
January 2004 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” This study found that in fetal skin development, both α- and β-catenins showed similar expression patterns, indicating their related roles in the development of the epidermis and skin appendages.
This dissertation reported that the loss of Ovol2 impairs hair follicle regeneration and wound repair in mice, highlighting its role in regulating directional migration of epithelial cells.
May 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that TET2 plays a tumor-suppressive role in preventing squamous cell carcinomas by regulating 5-hydroxymethylcytosine levels, suggesting therapeutic potential for DNA methylation dynamics.
3 citations
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December 2003 in “Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine” This article reviews the distinctive features of cutaneous lymphadenoma, a variant of trichoblastoma, and its differential diagnosis, but it presents no new empirical results.
January 2025 in “Indian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology” In this histopathology study of nevus sebaceus, researchers observed distinct epidermal, sebaceous, follicular, and apocrine changes, including sebaceous hyperplasia and basaloid adnexal proliferation, which help differentiate it from similar conditions like basal cell carcinoma and trichoblastoma.
January 2006 in “Durham e-Theses (Durham University)” This study reports for the first time on the expression patterns of Id2 and Id3 proteins in developing hair follicles, suggesting a significant role for these proteins in hair follicle development and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions.
46 citations
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December 2018 in “Genes & Development” This review discusses lung regeneration and highlights the role of facultative stem/progenitor cells, but it reports no new findings and calls for further exploration of underlying mechanisms.
March 2026 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This review reports that transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms in epithelial stem cells guide their fate in the epidermis and hair follicles, crucial for skin homeostasis, but disruptions can lead to disease.
1 citations
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June 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that β-catenin stabilization in specific mammary epithelial lineages leads to cellular changes and the formation of hyperplastic lesions, revealing its role in initiating mammary neoplastic development.
37 citations
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May 1998 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” Basal cell carcinoma shows keratin patterns similar to undifferentiated hair follicle cells.
1 citations
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July 2025 in “JCI Insight” This study found that Krox20 marks a diverse stem cell population in mouse hair follicles, which significantly contributes to the interfollicular epidermis and regulates epidermal homeostasis.
124 citations
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December 1983 in “Developmental Biology” EGF receptors are crucial for skin cell growth and decrease with age.
February 2025 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study proposes a model suggesting that the ratio of keratin 15 to keratin 14 in epidermal keratinocytes promotes a progenitor state and opposes differentiation, based on insights from both cell culture and transgenic mouse models.
128 citations
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February 1992 in “British Journal of Dermatology” The researchers reported that basal cell carcinoma tumor cells strongly express keratins typical of basal keratinocytes and some hair follicle components but lack differentiation markers, suggesting a follicular or pluripotent stem cell origin.