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    Glossary Skin Appendages

    structures like hair, nails, and glands originating from skin

    Skin appendages are structures that develop from the skin and include hair, nails, sweat glands, and sebaceous (oil) glands. These appendages play various roles such as protecting the body, regulating temperature, and facilitating sensory perception. For example, hair helps with insulation, while sweat glands are crucial for cooling the body through perspiration.

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    1. Trichohyalin-Like Proteins Have Evolutionarily Conserved Roles in the Morphogenesis of Skin Appendages Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2014 · 68 citations
    2. Sex Steroid Hormone Receptors in Human Skin Appendage and its Neoplasms Endocrine Journal · 2005 · 59 citations
    3. Molecular histology in skin appendage morphogenesis Microscopy Research and Technique · 1997 · 57 citations
    4. The distributions of type IV collagen .ALPHA. chains in basement membranes of human epidermis and skin appendages Archives of Histology and Cytology · 2007 · 36 citations
    5. Transient agonism of the sonic hedgehog pathway triggers a permanent transition of skin appendage fate in the chicken embryo Science Advances · 2023 · 18 citations
    6. Regeneration of hair and other skin appendages: A microenvironment‐centric view Wound Repair and Regeneration · 2016 · 10 citations
    7. Autophagy-Mediated Cellular Remodeling during Terminal Differentiation of Keratinocytes in the Epidermis and Skin Appendages Cells · 2024 · 7 citations
    8. Ectodysplasin A (EDA) Signaling: From Skin Appendage to Multiple Diseases International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2022 · 6 citations
    9. Microscopy‐guided laser ablation for the creation of complex skin models with folliculoid appendages Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2020 · 5 citations
    10. [Influence of the stiffness of three-dimensionally bioprinted extracellular matrix analogue on the differentiation of bone mesenchymal stem cells into skin appendage cells]. PubMed · 2020 · 3 citations
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    9. Skin Aging and Minox Reddit · 20 Feb 2015
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