57 citations
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August 1997 in “Microscopy Research and Technique”
This review discusses novel molecular techniques in skinappendage research and summarizes the distribution of key molecules, but it reports no new experimental results.
68 citations
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April 2014 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
This study identified a new S100 fused-type protein, scaffoldin, in reptiles and birds and suggests that SFTP-positive epithelia serve as scaffolds for the growth of various skinappendages, indicating a common evolutionary origin.
In this study, researchers found that the expression of laminin, collagen type IV, and fibronectin in fetal human skin begins in hair follicle germs and extends to epidermal cells by 21 weeks gestational age.
This study suggests that exogenous retinoic acid can alter the morphogenesis pathway of developing skinappendages when applied during the placodal stage, leading to changes like feather formation in atypical regions of chick embryos.