January 2011 in “Xibei nongye xuebao” This study found that the K14 promoter exhibited higher activity in skin cell lines compared to other cell lines, while both K14 and K5 promoters were active in all tested cell lines.
April 2010 in “The journal of immunology/The Journal of immunology” This study found that deleting the FoxN1 gene in mice disrupted the 3D thymic epithelial structure and led to 2D epithelial cysts, revealing its crucial role in thymus organization but not causing athymia.
29 citations
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February 2001 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study found that the HS III element in the K14 gene's regulatory sequence promotes gene expression in inner root sheath keratinocytes, highlighting cooperative interactions in keratinocyte-specific gene regulation.
21 citations
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November 2010 in “Journal of molecular medicine” This study found that deleting FoxN1 in specific thymic epithelial cells disrupted the 3D thymic structure and led to age-dependent formation of 2D epithelial cysts, highlighting FoxN1's critical role in thymic morphogenesis.
141 citations
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February 1988 in “Molecular and Cellular Biology” This study found that despite strong homology between two K16 genes, only one encoded a functional protein that assembled into keratin filaments in epithelial cells, possibly due to promoter strength differences.
14 citations
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July 1994 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” In this study, transgenic mice expressing a mutant K6 gene developed progressive scarring alopecia and keratosis, suggesting they may model a new keratin disorder.
189 citations
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July 2009 in “The Journal of clinical investigation/The journal of clinical investigation” This review discusses how research on keratin biology has enhanced the understanding of epidermolysis bullosa simplex and indicates potential new therapeutic approaches, but it presents no new experimental results.
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.
68 citations
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November 2018 in “Molecular Biology and Evolution” This study found that keratin genes in the epidermis of aquatic mammals like cetaceans have evolved to replace stress-inducible keratins K1 and K10 with constitutively expressed K6 and K17, suggesting adaptations to their environment.
April 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that CTCF is crucial for proper skin and hair follicle development in mice, affecting keratinocyte differentiation and gene expression in keratin loci.
January 2006 in “Advances in developmental biology” This review discusses the roles of the hairless (HR) protein as a corepressor, particularly its impact on RORα-mediated transcriptional repression, and reports no new experimental findings.
28 citations
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April 1996 in “Cell biology international” This review discusses changes in keratin structure or gene expression that result in various skin disorders and reports no new clinical findings.
6 citations
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August 2016 in “Journal of Visualized Experiments” This article describes a method using the CUBIC protocol to clarify and visualize molecular and cellular interactions in mouse skin biopsies at single cell resolution, but does not provide new biological findings.
6 citations
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August 2007 in “Journal of Surgical Research” In this study, constitutive expression of Del1 in mice did not affect wound healing but was associated with increased hair growth following anagen induction.
5 citations
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December 1996 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” In this study, keratin genes mHa1 and mHb4 were unable to form an extensive keratin network in one cell line, altering endogenous keratin distribution, but showed better integration in another cell line.
29 citations
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November 2011 in “Veterinary pathology” This study reports that eccrine sweat glands in mice predominantly develop on the footpads, offering a reference for skin research involving genetically engineered mice.
20 citations
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November 2003 in “American Journal Of Pathology” Fibroblasts from healthy donors can prevent changes seen in recessive epidermolysis bullosa simplex.
133 citations
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June 1993 in “Molecular and Cellular Biology” This study found that a truncated region of the K5 promoter directs expression in stratified epithelia, particularly in epidermis, hair follicles, and tongue, potentially involving specific keratinocyte nuclear proteins in regulation.
79 citations
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June 1993 in “Molecular and Cellular Biology” This study found that as few as 90 base pairs of the K5 promoter directed keratinocyte-preferred expression in stratified epithelia, especially in epidermis, hair follicles, and tongue, showing cell type specificity.
1 citations
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October 2022 in “Scientific reports” This study found that nestin-expressing progenitor cells, capable of becoming ORS keratinocytes, are present in both developing and adult mouse hair follicles.
6 citations
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April 2012 in “PloS one” This study used transgenic mice to show that disrupting TGF-β signaling in K14+ progenitor cells led to increased stem cell proliferation in the tongue.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, CTCF was found to play essential roles in epidermal differentiation and skin barrier formation, simultaneously acting as a suppressor of epithelial inflammatory responses in mouse skin.
January 2009 in “Bradford Scholars (University of Bradford)” The study observed that the tumor suppressor activity of bone morphogenetic proteins in mouse skin epithelium depends on Noggin levels, inhibiting Wnt and Shh signaling pathways to prevent tumor initiation and progression.
November 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that STRIP1 and the STRIPAK complex play a key role in regulating F-actin and cell-cell junctions, which are essential for maintaining the epidermal barrier in mouse skin.
25 citations
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August 2020 in “Experimental eye research/Experimental Eye Research” This review discusses cornea-specific keratin expression patterns in human and mouse development and reports no new experimental results; it highlights the need for investigating keratin mutations' role in pathology.
16 citations
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September 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review provides guidance on using two-photon microscopy for real-time and long-term visualization of stem cell activity in live mice skin, focusing on its application in researching skin and stem cell biology.
156 citations
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January 1989 in “Genes & Development” This study found that keratin K14 expression occurs early in epidermal cell differentiation, while a hair-specific keratin is expressed later in hair matrix cells, suggesting developmental divergence between the two cell types.
126 citations
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October 2012 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that reduced cytokinin levels allow plants to adapt to low potassium conditions by enhancing root hair growth, reactive oxygen species accumulation, and expression of a key potassium transporter gene.
46 citations
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December 2010 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that Acvr1b signaling is crucial for both hair follicle development and cycling in mice, with the genetic disruption leading to hair loss and a thickened epidermis.
40 citations
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November 2021 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review highlights the role of keratin mutations in epidermolysis bullosa simplex and the resulting chronic inflammation, but it presents no new experimental findings.